I'm not sure if I can post this here, but "Nica and Az" just came out and I'm really excited about it. This has been dragged out a long time due to financial issues. I'm very excited about it.

Hi everyone 😊 I’ve recently created Number My Days , a guided birthday prayer retreat app based on my book A Birthday Prayer Journal . It’s designed to help you reflect, pray, and spiritually prepare as you approach your birthday, and I’m currently testing it before the official launch. Would you mind helping me test it? You can create an account, explore the app, try the different features, and use it as a normal user would. I’d really appreciate your honest feedback; especially if you notice anything confusing, something that doesn’t work properly, or anything you think could make the experience better. At this stage, the app is free for selected testers while I work on improving it before the paid version is launched. Here’s the link: https://numbered-days-retreat.lovable.app Thank you so much for helping me test it. 🙏

sign posts on the road to success by E.W. Kenyon chapter 13 - Loose Talking - Value or place worth on the gift of speech. - Control your tongue, or it will control you. - CARELESS speaking is a vicious habit and our words are the coin of our kingdom, and our words can be a cursing influence, or a blessing. - Good minds will speak good words. Poisoned minds will speak poisoned words. - An idle word spoken can fall into the soil of someone's heart and poison his whole life. - All men are judged by their speech.

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Sign Posts on the road to success - by E. W. Kenyon Chapter 12 - What's the Use - What our unseen man believes is our expectation and it is more important than anything happening around us." We can believe we will win and it will influence our attitude right - What we believe about God is fundamental. We must know that God cannot fail anyone who trusts Him. - We must also believe He is looking for opportunities to change our story and is just waiting for us to ask for His help." - Our worst trait is going back over our past failures. It is in the past and we are done with it. It is now a memory to be forgotten. - See from the hidden man that life ahead of you is big just like God’s word says.

Hello Everyone! 📖 Breaking the Cycle – Chapter 2 Discussion The Blame Excuse As promised, here is our Chapter 2 discussion. I pray it encourages you to reflect on God's Word and inspires meaningful conversation. 💭 A Question to Begin Have you ever noticed how easy it is to explain where you are by pointing to what someone else did, or failed to do? Blame can be a subtle trap. Sometimes it hides beneath real pain, disappointment, or injustice. We may not be bitter or angry, and we may even believe we have forgiven those who hurt us. Yet we continue to explain our present circumstances through the lens of what happened in the past. In John 5, Jesus asked the man at the Pool of Bethesda a simple question: "Wilt thou be made whole?" Instead of answering directly, the man immediately spoke about other people: "Sir, I have no man..." (John 5:7) His circumstances were real, but they had also become his explanation for remaining where he was. Jesus didn't deny the man's struggles, nor did He debate whether life had been unfair. Instead, He redirected his focus with a simple command: "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." (John 5:8) Joseph gives us another powerful example. Betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, falsely accused, and imprisoned, he had every reason to live in blame. Yet when he finally stood before those who had wronged him, he chose a different perspective: "Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." (Genesis 50:20) Joseph acknowledged the wrong, but he refused to let it define his future. This chapter reminded me that while we may not be responsible for what happened to us, we are responsible for how we respond. Freedom begins when we stop allowing yesterday's pain to shape today's decisions and instead ask: "What is God calling me to do now?" 💬 Discussion I'd love to hear your thoughts. 1. What stood out to you most from this reflection? 2. Why do you think Jesus chose not to address the man's excuses? 3. What can we learn from Joseph's response to those who wronged him? 4. Have you ever found yourself rehearsing a painful story more than God's faithfulness? 5. What practical step can you take this week to shift your focus from blame to responsibility? 🌱 This Week's Challenge This week, pay attention to the stories you tell yourself. Whenever you catch yourself saying, "If only they had..." or "I can't because...", pause for a moment and ask: "What is God calling me to do today?" Instead of dwelling on what someone else did, take **one practical step** that moves you forward in faith. It may seem small, but every step of obedience is progress. I'd love to hear how God speaks to you through this challenge during the week. If you'd like to explore this topic in greater depth, this discussion is based on Chapter 2 of my book, Breaking the Cycle: From Blame to Responsibility. 📖 Available on Amazon: [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H679FRV2] Until next week, may God give us the courage not only to hear His Word, but to live it. Grace and peace to you all."

Sign posts on the road to success by E.W.Kenyon Chapter 11 - It Is the YOU in You That Wins Life’s fight is won from the inside out. It is the invisible me on the inside that wins life’s fight. The unseen man , this hidden man of the heart, runs the whole machinery or the life of a man. What we do with our inside builds us into a success. It is the unseen man that makes the "seen man'" do things. Like we learned, it is the strength (will) of the unseen man that stirs the seen man to accomplish anything. So, the unseen man must "Get behind this 'seen you'. Make him work. Make him study. Make him dig until he has won the fight."

Sign Posts on the road to success by E. W. Kenyon. chapter 10 - How we win - Reasons make plans but only strength accomplishes. True strength is not physical. Our WILL is the Strength we require to succeed. A will-less dreamer is a dreamer with no strength and cannot succeed. - A person who wants to succeed must be discontent with being normal. - Resist or overcome the unwillingness to be normal. - A person who wants to succeed must drive himself to be extraordinary by improving our mind and our abilities. - Improving is training until it stands out and someone acknowledges it and is willing to pay for it.

Sign Posts on the road to success By E.W. Kenyon Chapter 8 - putting yourself in the way of success 1. Within everyone lies the qualities and elements that are necessary to make one successful and our primary work is the development of that gift 2. Live with the consciousness of victory i daily. 3. Cultivate the habit of thorough work. Working to produce result and to add value. 4. There will be challenges on the path to achieving my dreams but we have it in us to create the path to achieving it. 5. Be intentional about your associations/relationships. Walk with those who have won and not losers. 6. Be intentional with money and time. Invest them wisely to get returns Chapter 9 - the happy spirit Smile. Keep a smile on your face. A smile is a first step on the path to winning as we engage in life. Even our voices are richer when we smile.

Breaking the Cycle: From Blame to Responsibility– Chapter 1 Discussion Hello Everyone. As promised, here is our first chapter discussion. 😊 I pray it encourages you to reflect on God's Word and invites meaningful conversation. A Question to Begin Have you ever found yourself explaining why you can't move forward instead of asking God what He wants you to do next? Many of us have prayed for breakthrough, healing, or change while sincerely trusting God. Yet sometimes our greatest obstacle isn't our circumstances—it's the explanations we've become accustomed to repeating. In this chapter, I reflect on how God used the story of the man at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1–15) to challenge my own thinking. For years, I believed many of my struggles were caused only by circumstances beyond my control. While some of those circumstances were real, God gently showed me that I had become more focused on explaining my situation than on embracing the responsibility He had already placed in my hands. When Jesus asked the man, "Wilt thou be made whole?" the man didn't simply answer yes. Instead, he explained why he had remained where he was for thirty-eight years. Jesus didn't argue with his reasons. He simply gave him an instruction: "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." (John 5:8) That passage challenged me to ask myself a difficult question: What "mat" have I been lying on? Sometimes our "mat" isn't physical. It may be fear, comparison, disappointment, blame, regret, or habits of thinking that quietly keep us from moving forward in faith. The invitation of this chapter isn't to ignore pain or pretend life is easy. Rather, it's to allow Jesus to transform our perspective so that we respond to life's challenges with faith, stewardship, and obedience instead of remaining trapped by our explanations. Discussion I'd love to hear your thoughts. 1. What stood out to you most from this reflection? 2. Have you ever realized that an explanation had quietly become an excuse? 3. What "mat" might God be asking you to rise from? 4. Which Scripture has helped you move forward during a difficult season? Thank you for reading. I look forward to learning from your reflections as well. If you'd like to read the complete chapter, Breaking the Cycle: From Blame to Responsibility is available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H679FRV2

sign posts on the road to success by E.W. Kenyon. Chapter 7 - All have ability This chapter blessed me 1) God put an ability in me and in every man born on the earth. No man was born empty. 2) I cannot be satisfied with being anything less than the best in developing the gift in me. 3) The gift of a man makes room for him. There is a room and a reward waiting for me when I develop the gift or ability God has put in me. 4) Nothing can stop me if I will to do it. 5) I must find what I am good at, what I want to do, set my goals and pursue it with all I have got.

Hello everyone! My name is Celio Amalia, and I'm delighted to be part of this community. I recently published a Christian book titled Breaking the Cycle: From Blame to Responsibility. This book is inspired by the story of the man at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5). It explores how our excuses can become prisons and how Jesus calls us to move from blame to responsibility, from excuses to obedience, and from feeling stuck to walking in faith. Rather than simply sharing the book, I'd love to spend the next few weeks discussing one chapter at a time. Each post will include a short reflection, a few questions for discussion, and practical biblical applications. My hope is that these conversations encourage all of us to grow in our walk with Christ. If you'd like to read along, the book is available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H679FRV2 I look forward to learning and growing together.

Good morning everyone. Sorry I had network issues and couldn’t post the next chapter. So here is chapter 6. Sign Posts on the road to success by E.W. Kenyon Chapter 6. - why are you a spiritual failure? Learning points 1) Spiritual Failures are not made, they are the result of what they know or don’t know. It tells me that spiritual success is a result of knowing the right thing. 2) God expects me to develop spiritually by feeding on His Word and growing to maturity. 3) God’s desire is for me to develop fully and walk in the fullness of my inheritance as a son.

Sign Posts on the road to success by E.W. Jenyon. Chapter 5 - What are you worth? This Chapter left me asking myself all the questions it was asking. - What am I worth in my eyes? - ⁠How much value do I really place on me - Am I going to be what i could be? - Have I set a price on myself? - Have i set a price on my ability and on my time? - What is my word worth to me? - can I trust my own words and do they mean anything to me? A) I learned that my words as a human is the finest part of me so I cannot afford to be careless with it. B) Value attracts Opportunities and men will pay me for the value that Iam. C) To get to the highest levels, I must set my standard high and then reach for it. D) I should learn to take stock. What I possess should be more valuable today than it was yesterday. It means I must improve on my abilities daily. I am reminded again that “TIME” is a resource and whatever I exchange my every second, minute or hour with shows me the value I place on myself at that material time.

Sign Posts on the road to success by E.W. Kenyon Chapter 4 - Train yourself - What I do for myself counts more than what any man can do for me - Self-discipline is my greatest asset. Discipline means the practice of training me to obey rules or codes of behavior, and using order or self-control to achieve goals. It bridges the gap between intentions and accomplishments, and often requires sacrifices in the present for future improvement. - I must discipline myself mentally. Self control the things that build me mentally to achieve the goals set before me. - I must discipline or train or self control my temper to achieve the goals set. - I must discipline my mouth to speak the right words because I want to achieve the goals before me. - Self discipline is actually controlled power. It is harnessing all my power and directing it to a goal. It is focus. It is hard-work intelligently directed. - Another learning point. What I do not train, I do not develop. What I don’t develop has no value. Only I can develop my talents and skills. - I must put myself under competent mentors and teachers. - When I develop myself, I create the needed opportunities. They show up. - I must seek to improve on who I was yesterday. Improve daily

Chapter 3 - using what is in you. - There is a gold mine hidden within me. I must dig it out. - No man was created to be a failure and that includes me - I alone have the key to unlock the treasures within and - It takes hard work to do so. Being a child of God doesn’t exempt me from working hard. - Failure comes because I’m looking outside of me to find success. - ⁠I become exceptional, I stand out because I develop what God has put in me

Sign Posts on the road to success by E. W. Kenyon. learning points - Chapter 2 1) The only thing that counts is what is inside of me. - How do I begin to find what is within? - ⁠if it is within then I have to search. Is there a method? 2) If the resources I require to succeed are within me not outside of me then I must know what I have?” 3) To succeed, I must develop the underdeveloped resources that I have. 4) am the only one that can push me to succeed. I am my slave driver. Someone might help me ignite the fire but only I can fan it into a flame. 5) I must act on the suggestions that come to me.

“SIGN POSTS ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.” MY LEARNING POINTS Chapter One 1) the moment we are asking the question “how”, it means our hearts cannot see possibility so we need to get our hearts to the place where we can see the right pictures before we proceed. (Luke 1:34, Luke 1:18). Find a word from God and let your heart see possibilities 2)Keep at it. Repetitions gives life to it. keep at what you’re doing, it’s a life giver. if you leave it, it will die. Characteristic of anything that is alive is growth. 3. When you keep at it, you master, sharpen the tools of trade. You are becoming more skilled at its use. 4. ⁠keeping at it involves sacrifice. There’s always something you can do at the same time. How important is this to you? 5. ⁠my efforts should be targeted at improving my dreams. What am I doing to improve my dream. How can I do it better? Everytime you sit to work, do it better than you did it before. What makes me a wonder is how much I improve on it. 6. ⁠challenges and difficulties are part of the day’s job. Don’t look at it as anything special. Conquer it.