DEVELOPING BOUNDARIES AROUND YOUR LIFE (Part 2)

DEVELOPING BOUNDARIES AROUND YOUR LIFE (Part 2)

In my last letter, my dear brethren, I wrote to you about the power that boundaries can have over you. I told you that boundaries around your THOUGHTS, your TIME, and your TONGUE have the ability to catapult you into your desired destiny.

In this part, I am going to expose you to three other areas where boundaries are highly needed.

Like I said in the other article, boundaries are restraints and constraints you build around your life. They are barriers you put on your life to determine what you do, don’t do or won’t do.

The fourth boundary I want you to build around your life is a boundary around your TALENT. By talent, I am referring to a whole lot of things put together. The summary is that it refers to abilities that God has put in you to be used for His glory. It can also be referred to as using your gift to serve God and humanity. Some call it purpose, others call it calling.

Whichever way it comes to you, there is a need to build a strong wall of defense around anything that will make you lose sight of the purpose of God for your life. After everything is said and done, your entire fulfilment in life will be based on what you did with all the resources God has deposited in you.

So, let me ask you a question? What are the gifts you believe that  God has blessed you with, and how do you want to use it to bless your generation?

DEVELOPING BOUNDARIES AROUND YOUR LIFE (Part 2)

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I don’t want you to grow old before thinking on these lines. Your first responsibility is to identify your talents, then develop your talent and deploy or use your talent to serve people. All this can happen when you build boundaries around them.

This is what will give you the discipline to become stronger using your talent. This is what will give you the discipline to practice and practice and practice.

The fifth boundary is the boundary around your TEMPLE. The word of God makes it clear that our body is the temple of the living God. This is very interesting because we live in a day and age where we put more value on church buildings than our BODIES. The truth in God’s word is that God values your body more than the building.

Let me ask you a question. Will you allow people to ease themselves or defecate in your church building on a Sunday morning? Will you want people to even scatter things around when service is on the way? The answer will be a No,No.  You see, my friend, your body deserves better. Your human body deserves respect, dignity, and care. You don’t allow other people to trespass into your body for any reason unless they have the legal license to do so. Why? It is the temple of the living God. This is why I tell my kids that they have five private parts. The mouth,  armpit, buttocks, chest or breast, and the vagina or penis. These are all components of your temple.

On a more serious note, the inside of the temple is equally important. The values, the character you exhibit, shows people whether your body is really the temple of the living God.

What shall we say then! We must build boundaries around this temple with the decisions we make and the friends we keep. Please don’t just read these things, think on them.

DEVELOPING BOUNDARIES AROUND YOUR LIFE (Part 2)

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Furthermore, tide to your Temple is boundaries around your TERRITORY. Your territory is your environment. It is the atmosphere you create around your life. Do you want to go far in life? Then, your environment matters.

It is evil company that corrupts good manners. Your territory influences your thinking. It influences the friends you keep and the places you go.

Build solid boundaries around your territory. It is not every music you listen to. It is not every association you join. The people you permit into your territory also affect the conditions of your heart. Build boundaries!. This can also be said as GUARD YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE. What it actually means is that build boundaries around your heart: because out of it flows the issues of life.

Your territory ( environment) affects your thoughts and  your temple in a very significant way.

Dear friend, I thought I could write this in two parts, but I still have two areas to touch on. Let’s meet in the last part of this article.

So far, I have touched on your TIME, THOUGHT, TEMPLE, TONGUE, TALENT and TERRITORY.

Let me know how these articles are helping you.

For the love of God, Society and Young People.

Blessings

Rev. Seth  Agbeli Kunkpe

Lasting Impact Ministries

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