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Generating Confidence for all Round Possibilities
By Tolulope A. Adegoke
“CONFIDENCE is the light on the candles of our faith, while our works are the stands on which it stands; as Faith without work is dead, and work without confidence results in errors without end!” – Tolulope A. Adegoke
If you will see all round possibilities and be all that God has called you to be, then you must have CONFIDENCE! Genesis 1: 26 reveals that God’s intention for you always is to prosper. Confidence is the difference between the rich and the poor. Do not permit anything or anyone to limit you in any way for any reason!
You are here on Earth on a purpose for a purpose. Being born again is not a title, there is a teacher in you called the Holy Spirit. You are bigger on the inside and on the outside. Hebrews 10:35 says: “cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.” You don’t know what God can do for you if you stepped out confidently. I am not here to take sides, but to take over!
You should understand that when you don’t know the value of a thing, it is easy to throw it away! Could it be that there are lots of things you had thrown away due to your ignorance?!
Don’t let the privilege God has given to you rob you of where you are going. Confidence is the difference between mediocrity and excellence. What you lack is not grace, not even resources but confidence! Judges 6:16 unveils that if you want to see Kingdom(all-round) Possibilities, you need ‘Godfidence’ to manifest God’s intentions (your calling) on Earth. Do not permit anything or anyone to limit you! Courage doesn’t necessarily mean lack of fear, but the ability to keep your head up and conquer! Don’t abandon what you have for what you don’t have!
God pumps confidence as revealed in Genesis 18. The devil uses your past against you. Let God become your confidence. You cannot imagine what can bow to you in the presence of confidence! Proverbs 3: 26 illuminates that “for the Lord shall be your confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.” When you see God in the midst of your battles, then you can breakthrough!
The Identity State – Reinvent yourself, do not allow your background to put you on the ground! There is something you are that you have no idea about, yet! Embrace your vision! Receive the seeds, avoid vision contraceptives (things that can distract you off your vision)!
You must understand that boldness has magic, there is power in it! What you can dream or do…start it now! If you didn’t have fear, you won’t need courage! What is that move you desire or need to change your position?
For you to see possibilities, you need to conquer nations…though, you may encounter king size opposition which you must confront and conquer!
Procrastination is a strong nation to conquer (Joshua 18:3 KJV). Get to the driving seat of your life…no matter how filled a car seem to be, there is always a place for the driver. Position yourself to be empowered, don’t slack! (Proverbs 24:33-34).
If you allow the wrong light to distract you off the right light, you will not be rightly enlightened. It’s time to square up!
If you slept with a frog long enough, you will become a frog (forming cliques of frog owners). It doesn’t matter how long you have suffered, do things the right way. You aren’t making waves, because you are not making moves. Make the right moves first, then you will naturally make waves without stress. Do the first things first!
Things that makes us Procrastinate
i. Perfectionism: This is the strength that the enemy can use against you!
ii. People who wastes other your time, because they have nothing doing
iii. Always waiting till the last minute before making moves. The truth is this, you will think better and get better results when you prepare early
iv. Getting priority out of order! You must always learn to maximize your time.
v. Allow Divinity (Jesus Christ) to drive your course (Humanity)
vi. Not knowing how to start!
You can’t continue to do things you have always been doing without getting desired results. You must learn to always rise with the sun! do something different…go after those that have done what you intend to do and learn how to improve on it.
Factors Required to Maintaining a Mentor
i. Go for mentorship not sponsorship. A mentor imparts you, not sponsor you. Learn! A good advice can turn your life around for the better, and a bad one can cost you your destiny!
ii. Honour your mentor
iii. Solve problems for them
iv. Know that your mentors don’t have enough as you have, so avoid messing things up!
It is important to note that there is always a king over every kingdom. Do not do things out of place. Act as the moon, charge yourself from the sun. you cannot survive on your own! Don’t be disconnected from God, connect with Him through His principles (Covenant) and He would guide and guard your paths. Always discern (know) who is speaking into your being (life). Be intentional, and conscious about it! Life is a very sensitive issue. Avoid those that cheaply ‘talk down’ your destiny. The antidote is to listen to God. Psalm 23 reveals that God leads. So if you are not led, do not lead!
Fear is the reason people don’t give! When you are committed to a ‘just’ course, God adds and multiplies, thereby booting your confidence for more values to be created and harnessed for the good of mankind and to the glory of God Almighty.
How you respond depends on what you thought was talking to you! Parasites receives from people; they don’t contribute to giving in return. Don’t be one.
Thank you all for reading.
Watch out for the Book titled: “The Power of an Empowered Zero” (From Zero to HERO) by Tolulope A. Adegoke. Foreword by Dr Yomi Garnett (CEO/Chancellor, Royal Biographical Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A., U.K., Abuja, Nigeria.) Edited by Ola Aboderin.
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said he believes the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, is hurt because he was blocked from being a minister in Tinubu’s cabinet.
El-Rufai, who has been critical of Tinubu’s government in recent times, claimed on Monday night during an interview on Arise TV that Tinubu, not the National Assembly, blocked his nomination as a minister after initially asking him to be part of the government.
“The National Assembly had nothing to do with it, the president didn’t want me in his cabinet,” El-Rufai had said.
Reacting to his statement on Tuesday during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, Onanuga said:
“As a person, I think I will pity former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. He feels hurt that he was not made a minister…I think it is time for him to move on.
“You cannot continue to behave like a child as if somebody stole your bread and things like that and then you’re crying over spilt milk?
“It’s natural for him to feel hurt, excluded and I think that as the president acknowledged in a recent birthday tribute to him, Nasir actually helped a lot in installing President Tinubu, and if he’s not there it doesn’t mean that he must bring down the roof.”
Onanuga stressed that the president has nothing against El-Rufai, reiterating that the ex-governor was only frustrated for not being part of the Federal government.
He said El-Rufai’s criticism of the Tinubu administration does not “reflect reality,” adding that the government inherited numerous problems but “things are getting better”.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a N100 billion suit against the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over allegations bordering on defamation.
This follows her objections to the re-assignment of her Senate seat after a reshuffle caused by opposition members switching to the majority wing. She resisted the move, leading to a confrontation with the Senate President.
The Kogi lawmaker has been referred to the Senate Disciplinary Committee following the dispute over the seating arrangement.
In a suit filed on 25 February 2025 before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Akpoti-Uduaghan named the Senate President, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Mfon Patrick, the Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President, as the second and third defendants.
In the suit, identified as CV/737/25, Akpoti-Uduaghan, through her lawyer Victor Giwa, claimed defamatory statements were made by the Senate President and shared by his aide on Facebook.
The post, titled “Is the Local Content Committee of the Senate Natasha’s Birthright?” included a statement implying that Akpoti-Uduaghan believed being a lawmaker was merely about “pancaking her face and wearing transparent outfits to the chambers.”
Giwa argued that the statement was defamatory, insulting, and damaging to his client’s reputation in the eyes of her colleagues and the public.
He said, “A DECLARATION that the words, ‘It is bottled anger by the Kogi lawmaker, who knows nothing about legislative rules. She thinks being a lawmaker is all about pancaking her face and wearing transparent outfits to the chambers,’ written by the third defendant at the prompting of the first and second defendants, is defamatory and intended to cause public scorn and animosity toward the claimant.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan also sought a court order to prevent the defendants and their associates from making further defamatory statements against her.
She requested, “An ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the defendants, whether acting by themselves or through their agents, privies, assigns, or associates, from further publishing or causing to be published the said defamatory words or any similar publications about the claimant on social media or any other platform capable of defaming her.”
Additionally, she demanded the defendants pay her N100 billion in general damages and N300 million to cover litigation costs.
“An order for the payment of N100,000,000,000 as general damages. An order for the payment of N300,000,000 as the cost of action,” she concluded in her suit.
The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his appointments into the federal cabinet.
El-Rufai, on Monday, accused Tinubu of favouring his ‘boys’ from Lagos into political offices, and not the Yorubas.
He made the accusation during an interview on Arise TV.
He said: “The president’s appointments are not being made because the appointees are Yoruba, but because they are his own boys. Most of the appointments do not even reasonably cover the South-West.
“So people should stop confusing the truth. The appointments are not balanced. Yes, definitely, definitely, right? You cannot argue that, but it’s not a Yoruba thing.
“Please don’t punish the Yorubas as you have been punishing northerners for the sins of the military.
“Let’s focus on individuals and hold them accountable. President Tinubu needs to do something about that. It’s still not too late. He can correct it, but there is palpable anger in the North.”
