Success keys: Open letter to all Black African spiritual leaders.
by Mike Benedi Sudi Am mba
Dear Elders, Bishops, pastors, rev, priests...
It's always an honour to serve our Lord Jesus Christ and our nation.
I have seen so much poverty in our continent and my research will reveal you more truth probably you have heard but few are the ones who practice it.
I believe at the end of this message Africa will never be poor again.
One day a wise man said : ''there are 3 priorities in life: Love your family, serve your country and honor God.''
My letter today focus more on Live to Give.
I recently saw an interesting report about a young man in Saudi Arabia in Joel Osteen new book (your best life now).
He was extremely wealthy and lived in palace. He had planes, cars, ships for his personal use. But what intrigued me about him was every months or so he would bring poor people and ask them what they need and give them whatever they needed.
In the last 50 years, the international community have spent $400 billion in Aid to Africa.
But what is there to show for it? Donors ask what they are doing wrong. Or what the people they are helping doing wrong?
Why Africa is so full of poverty, diseases, wars...?In contrast with its great potential in natural resources, human resources, land, water, good weather...
We have oil, gold, diamond, uranium, cooper, zinc, cobalt, forests, petrol...
We have some of the best and genius individuals on the planet in Africa.
The question to know what's wrong with being black came with a simple answer: Nothing.
Trusting your maturity and experience, I am convinced that these prosperity and success principles I am about to share will bring hope to many of us as individuals, communities, governments.
I have seen campaign to Make poverty History with Sir Bob Geldof, reflexion and donations of billions in us dollar by Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, President Bill Clinton...suggestions by PM Gordon Brown to fight poverty in Africa because it seems that we are over 100 years behind.
Some of them questioned if we really care about being poor?
The answer is: Yes we care so much.
The real problem here is in Prov 23:7:''So a man thinks so is he.''
Most of us Think:'' we are poor, we are disadvanted, we are blacks, we are cursed...
Our mission as Church is to stop the Negative Thinking and renew our Minds, reprogram our Minds to Positive Thinking, victor Mentality.
We are rich, we have all the opportunities in Africa, we are blessed.
We need to take responsibility of our actions, our Thoughts and confessions and focus on the Future.(Rom 12:2)
As written in Joshua 6:20,the time to sound the trumpets is now, we have had enough with poverty, diseases, ethnic conflicts, shame, fear, hunger, human sacrifices...It's time to claim our Promise Land. It's time to claim our prosperity, it's time to lend to many nations.
For years we have been fed with lies about money.
In Eccl 10:19, the Bible says :''But Money is everything.''
Please understand I am talking about the use of money not the love of money.
There are challenges that we will need to face in order to prosper and live in peace and successful:
1. Unity: this word is 484 times in the Bible. God is impressed by Togetherness.
The more we are united, the more God will increase our influence and power.
Here I am talking about individual unity (self control),family unity, friends unity, church unity and churches unity.
We need to work hard with a servant hood spirit of humility and love to complete each other not to compete one another.
2. Solidarity: the issue we have is that every one of us is seeking to get instead of seeking to Give.
Deut 15:11 encourage rich to give to the poor.
Prov 19:17 encourage us to take care of orphans and widows.
3. Holyness: In Matthew 6:33:''seek first the kingdom of God and its righteousness and all things will be added to you.'' You can also read Prov 16:3;Prov 21:21.
We have all the blessings for obedience as written in Deut 28:1-14; Gen 1:28-31.
Most of the time we seek things that are already in store for us.
There are more other principles for us as African Nations to come out of debt and poverty.
In Malachi 3:10,we are encourage as individuals to pay our Tithes to the Church.
It's also my strong belief that we need to encourage our governments to pay 10% of its incomes to the church in order to get out of debt.
We need to cultivate a culture of Giver not a culture of Beggar, receiver only.
It's important to know if you don't give anything,you don't get anything.
You can sow anything:money,time,kindness,respect,food,forgiveness,a dress,a plane,a car,an advice,a phone call,peace,hospitality,love...
Please understand that I have all the respect and I am grateful to rich nations helping us to get out of poverty and still welcome their aids as a blessing to us.
In this perspective I would like to motivate more people to Think more on what they can Give in order to receive.
The Bible says:''the more you give,the more you receive.''
Sometimes we wonder why rich nations are wealthy?
The answer is they work hard,they give a lot.
They give money,knowledge,people,information,time...
We need to think how we can also contribute financially to the world development,research,technology,climate change...
We need to stop accusing others and forget the past,move on,take responsibility of our own success and prosperity.
The president Barack Obama late visit in Ghana this year concluded that:
''the solutions to African problems are in African hands.''
I know you are wise that why I am saying these words with all humility:
Let's us change Africa History,let's us change Africa Fear of Tomorrow,let's us change Africa shame and wounds.
Let's us shout loud we are proud to be Black Africans, we are blessed, we are rich, we are wealty, we are united, we love Africa, we love our leaders, we love our families, we love God with all our hearts,souls and minds.
This is the time to sound the Trumpet and the walls of Jerico will collapse.
Let's us Think we are rich,Say we are rich,Act as rich.
To conclude I would like us to have a Picture,a vision of Black Africans in 100 years from now with a spirit of investment and success.
Let's use our money to create a better future for the generations to come.
Prov 13:22 says: A good man leaves an Inheritance for his children's children.''
Let's live a moral life full of love,peace,justice,solidarity,hard work,humility,passion,holiness,integrity...as written in Matthew 5-7 and Exodus 20:1-17
My strong hope is to apply these success keys to our countries and nations.
As one of native from Bukavu-Congo,I would like to say this not arrogantly,
Congo DRC will be the richest, wealthiest and peaceful country on Earth.
God bless you,God bless Israel,God bless Africa.
By Mike Benedi Sudi Am mba
Ps: I have respect to all other religions and ideologies and do not judge none of them however as a Christian I have chosen my convictions from the Bible.
Prosperity references:
Luc 6:38
2 Corinth 9:6
Malachi 3:10-12
Prov 3:6
Eccl 11:1-2
Acts 10:4
2 Cor 9:8
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