LekzMotivate

First of all I wanted to say thank you to those that regularly tune into my blog post. It’s not easy doing what I do on a regular basis, it takes confidence and commitment which sometimes I don’t have, but I try my best to see the good in what I do for others. So I appreciate the time you spend tuning in.   The message today is "ensuring we are aligning ourselves with the right people", in other terms our "destiny helpers". People that serve a purpose in our lives. I previously spoke out this in my old post, but I think this message is so critical. Be watchful of how you move , not everyone has the right intentions for you but God assigns people to you that will push you to do better we just have to learn to receive them better. This maybe someone in your immediate circle or someone that you are meeting for the first time. It does it matter, don't let you past traumas or insecurities get the better of you. I know some people may have let you down in the past, bu...

Bible and Leadership: In Matthew 20:25-28 we get an idea of leadership, "Jesus called them together and said. "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" ( Bible.com, n.d ). When I think about this verse many things come to mind. I initially think sometimes being a leader can be daunting, you are responsible for everyone who looks to you for guidance. Making the wrong move can not only impact those that you lead but it can also impact your status as a leader. I remember reading Matthew 4:1-11, "Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him a...

There has been many times in my life where I have envisioned myself being successful, healthy, happy and free. However, I was not willing to do what it took in order to get there, instead I limited myself. I wish I could count how many times I said "that's just how I am" or "that's just not me". This thought process had a significant hold on me, it stopped me from trying new things and it prevented me from coming out of my comfort zone. The amount of times I heard, Leke I think you would be really good at this, but never followed up on it. Instead I worried about what people would think about me, I let the fear of trying something new stop me from doing what deep down I knew I was called to do. How could I be so afraid I wondered. What really was the thing that scared me about trying something new? it took me a while to figure this out but as I journeyed on in life I have identified both my strengths and weaknesses. I have realised I feared the unknown. Isn...

When you think about the past I imagine you think about all the great memories/experiences you shared with your loved ones, you might have thoughts on how easy things used to be. You lived in a world where everything seemed to be filled with laughter and happiness. Oblivious about what was to come as you transitioned from adolescence to adulthood. Now as an adult everything you believed about your past/upbringing you now realise was not as glamorous as you thought it was, behind that smile you may have felt abandoned/neglected, you may have seen your parents struggle wondering how they were going to take care of you and your siblings this week, or you may have been exposed to a form of abuse which till this day you are yet to tell anyone because you fear that if you spoke out your perpetrators might punish you. These experiences are enough to make anyone feel  anxious because they don't know what life is going to throw at them next, insecure because...

Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said,  “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.   Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.  After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.  “Are you so dull?” he asked.  “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?  For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)   He went on:  “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.   For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,   adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.   All these evils come from inside and defile a person.” (Mark 7: 14-23) ( Bible.com, n.d.). To summarise this verse the...

  I came up with the title "tell me who I am" because I have spent the last couple of months trying to figure exactly who I am. Well, news flash, the fact is that we are constantly figuring out who we are and as we journey through life we are constantly changing. For many years my identity was made up of the environment I grew up in,  my home environment shaped me as well as everything I was exposed to outside of my home. Growing up in South London Peckham had a significant impact in the way I viewed the world, on one hand it made me resilient and on the other hand it made me doubt myself. Not in my ability but in how other people viewed me. Secondly, grewing up in a single parent home where there was love but no affection also impacted me. Rather than learning to accepting who I was it lead me to seek validation from others whether this was amongst my peers, relationships or in my football career. If I wasn't going to get love from home subconsciously I believed  I'l...

  The enemy within I define the enemy within as any external thing that tells us that we are incapable of doing anything we put our minds too, any form of insecurity, lack of motivation , lack of self-love and the list goes on… Everyday when I wake up God reminds me that I am more than capable. My past traumas and mistakes does not define me but the actions I take to respond to my setbacks is a choice that defines all the emotions I feel in the present moment. We are all worthy of a second, third or fourth chance, this doesn’t mean we continue to make bad choices. However, God loves when we try, we are not always going to get things right but what matters is that we are trying everyday to better ourselves. Don't be too critical of yourselves and those that are around you but one key factor is that you hold yourselves and others accountable for their actions. This doesn't mean you go around judging people but learn to guide one another when guidance is needed. We are all in wo...