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CHRISTIAN

EXCELLENCE
AND
MORALITY
Finding the balance between the
pursuit of personal excellence and
morality in life and the workplace

HENRY WEISS
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CHRISTIAN
EXCELLENCE AND
MORALITY

Finding Balance between the pursuit of


personal excellence and morality in life and the
workplace

BY HENRY WEISS
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Copyright © 2018 Henry Weiss.

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and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of
the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of
people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version of the Bible.
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CONTENTS

Acknowledgement / Dedication…..…………………………………………………………4

Author’s Statement…………………………………………………………………………………5

Chapter 1 – Welcome to the Morally Conflicting World………………………..8

Chapter 2 – Role of the Human Will in the Pursuit of Excellence……….20

Chapter 3 -Challenges the Morally Conscious Christian Faces…………..35

Chapter 4 – Who or What is Responsible? ………………………………………….48

Chapter 5 -The Outcome of Which Is.…………………………………………………60

Chapter 6 – The Way Out of This Predicament……………………………………69

Chapter 7 – The Spark of Ambition and Pursuit of Excellence…………109

Subject Index………………………………………………………………………………………134

Scripture Index. …………………………………………………………………………………139

About The Author……………………………………………………………………………….140

About The Book…………………………………………………………………………………..141

Testimonials……………………………………………………………………………………….142
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / DEDICATION

I would like to express my immerse gratitude to my parents for having

provided a stable home that fostered a freedom of expression of

abilities and creativities in me.

Loads of appreciations go to God Almighty for compiling His instruction

manual and sending it to mankind. This magnificent manual, the Holy

Bible, has been the prime source of inspiration for the writing of this

book.

I hereby dedicate this book to that single soul out there who will make

optimal use of it to liberate him or her to start enjoying life as it ought

to be in this world.
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AUTHOR’S STATEMENT

This book is written and published in the interest of the public,

especially for the morally-conscious, performance-driven, and proudly

Christian individuals. This work enhances ethical reasoning based on

the inerrant, authoritative, word of God, and emphasizes the role

morality plays in boosting individual performances in life. Case studies

in moral issues will be addressed, and reader is expected to reconcile

these with personal values in order to prepare for taking responsibility

for their conduct in the world. The book also sets out to resolve the

moral burden or dilemmas of the Christian, empowering her to pursue

excellence in all her endeavors in the world.

There is this weapon we all possess. Yes, a potent tool in our hands,

with which we could hew our way through the hardness and harshness

of life and achieve virtually anything. But, the sad story is that some of

us do not know the potency of this tool and what it can do for us.

Some crop of people surely knows what significance this tool holds in

life general, yet they are not able to make headway with it. It’s like

they encounter a stumbling block on their way of using the tool in


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question. Yet another set of people exists, though quite few, who

knows the essence of this weapon and possess the know-how of it. In

short, they have gained experience in the constant use of it, and

therefore know how to utilize it to achieve whatever they want to.

Nothing stands in the way of these lucky ones. For them, it is a free

highway to a world of accomplishments.

This tool spells the difference between the successful and the non-

successful; the great, near great and the no great at all; the achievers

and non-achievers, the list is endless. What is this tool? It is the

Human Will. Others prefer to call it the Willpower. Surely, it is the

power to do. However, a group of people around the world – Christians

to be precise – is constantly drawn into a battle of keeping their Will

intact. They strive so hard to win but it is not always easy for them,

and so they suffer a lot of casualties on the way. The Christian is

supposed to be a beacon of light to his or her world in every aspect.

But, most times Christians fail miserably in this high expectation. And

so we are left to wonder, what is wrong? The problem is not far-

fetched; it has to do with the Will of that Christian above all idle wish

to succeed.
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That is why this book has been so carefully crafted and invented to

step in and intervene in the situation most Christians find themselves.

If you aren’t enjoying the kind of success you crave for even though

you may be quite successful, then you most probably need this book.

Do make sure to read it in its rightful order from start to finish

because it is like a scientific solution furnished to a scientific problem

such that if one aspect is left out or read haphazardly, it will adversely

affect the kind of result you get at the end of the day.

Therefore, read and re-read this book and the scriptures supplied in it

with an open mind, clean heart and right spirit, and you will be richly

rewarded.
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CHAPTER 1

Welcome to the Morally Conflicting World

Welcome to the Morally Conflicting World, a topsy-turvy world indeed!

It is a world where truth is dumped in the trashcan, and lies are

celebrated; where sound morals, integrity and noble character are

persistently scorned, while immorality is imbibed and extolled to high

heavens; where the morally conscious and upstanding are ridiculed,

and the depraved are empowered. It’s a world where “Freedom of

Speech” is used as a screen for filth and vulgarism, and a hammer

against godly virtue, sometimes under the cloak of religion. It’s a

world where politicians embezzle public funds and get away with it; as

if that’s not enough, they are even granted bail and released under

lenient conditions, and eulogized by swarming supporters celebrating

and welcoming their ‘hero’ back from a traumatic prison experience.

It’s a world where clergymen demonstrate in essence to their teeming

multitudes: “Do as I say and not as I live”. It’s a world where youths
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are hell-bent on the craze for quick wealth, indulging in atrocious acts

in a bid to enjoy crass materialism, impress their friends and oppress

their foes. It’s a world where businessmen thrash sound business

ethics in the face of short-term profits and earnings. It’s a world where

students whittle down the high towers of intellectual honesty that

promote high academic standards and originality of work, research and

knowledge explosion, sustainable civilization and societal development,

sense of professionalism and career advancement, creativity and

innovation of tangible products and services solving real life problems;

industry, diligence and enterprise, etc., but succumb to base practices

of cheating and plagiarism of research work.

Introduction

Paul the Apostle made mention of a law antagonistic to the law of his

mind in Rom7v23, “But I see a different law in my members, warring

against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the

law of sin which is in my members”; moral relativism (the belief that

defining right and wrong is an individual and personal choice, denying

the presence of absolute law) is one of those laws in our members

which urges us to do what seems right to us (Prov14v12). Benjamin

Franklin, a man of integrity and proven character and one of America’s

founding fathers, set a goal of moral perfection for himself but failed
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miserably realizing finally that the task he gave himself was a humanly

impossible one. Even Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole

Soyinka, had this to say in his growing up years, “If somebody did

something I considered unjust, I felt that the world really had

collapsed around me, had derailed and was spiraling out of control.”

Albert Einstein, foremost 20th century scientist also alluded to the fact

saying, “Morality is of the highest importance”. Billy Graham,

America’s most popular televangelist, had this to say, “If you lose your

wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost

something; if you lose your integrity, you have lost everything”. The

truth is everyone grapples with the morality issue since we are all

moral agents, but the top question is how do you manage, cope with

and overcome the moral burden that confronts you?

Discussion of Findings

To prove the validity of this work, a questionnaire-distributing spree

was embarked upon. This work started as a hypothesis in the form of

a question, “Is there a relationship between Christian Excellence and

Morality?” I was, however, able to induce from the responses obtained

from the questionnaires distributed that there was a strong

relationship between the two. The responses from people revealed

quite a lot of grey areas that need to be addressed. Hopefully, in the


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course of the book, the searchlight shall be beamed on these questions

and many more issues, and ignorance shall be exposed to the furious

light of the day. Hence, responses to the questions asked are

addressed below.

Q1: A great percentage of respondents answered ‘yes’ to the very first

question “Are Christians the light of the world according to your Bible?”

Q2: In response to the question, “Do you see much shining of

Christians in the world today?” quite a number of respondents

answered ‘yes’ as well as ‘no’. Other responses were: “No, because

most things are calling for our attention”, “Not as much as we should”,

“Partially”.

Q3: The next question, the third, was: “So, what is responsible for

them not shining as should?” The following were their responses:

“Might be as a result of their relationship with God”, “People profess

Christianity (i.e. as a religion) but do not live the God-life (zoe)”,

“Duplicity, ‘lust of the flesh’ (wanting to gratify their feelings), love of

mundane things, a gradual lack of love for the things of God”, “Many

of us are selfish, we are lazy, we have little or no concern for the lost

souls, we do not see ourselves as the light”, “Sin is what is responsible


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for that”, “Sin is the reason, and only God can help us”, “Peer

pressure, technology”, “Deflection to sin is what is responsible for

Christians not shining as should”.

Q4: On the next question, which asked respondents “What do you

understand by effective human performance?” the following were

given: “Performing effectively in any task or job given”, “Achieving

God’s maximum performance for our lives”, “The proper behavior of

human beings to one another”, “Effective use of one’s resources,

intellect, strength to achieve something”, “A situation in which a

human delivers his best possible, his peak, his optimum, on a given

expectation”, “Performing at optimum. It is called ‘Highest and Best

Use’ in Land Economics”, “Effective influence of man on his

environment”.

Q5: The next question was: “Are Christians performing to expectation

in the society or being relegated to the background?” To which

majority of respondents agreed that many Christians are not

performing to expectation.

Q6: To the question “What are those factors responsible for

poor/average performance among Christians?”, we had the following


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responses: “Ignorance and lack of faith”, “Not believing God to the

fullest”, “Laziness, shyness, fear, discouragement, lack of love for

things of God, love of money, peer pressure”, “Listening to bad music,

not taking prayer and Bible study seriously”, “Duplicity, lusts of the

flesh, love of mundane things, lack of knowledge, fear”, “Fornication,

sin, adultery”, “Sin, being not prayerful”.

Q7: To the next question “What do you understand by Morality?” here

are unedited individual responses: “Morality is the ability to act as

being taught either from background or present to the community”,

“Morality is having the sense of proper living and exhibiting them”,

“Concerns the principle of right and wrong, a knowledge of ethics and

what should and should not be”, “The degree to which something is

good or bad based on human principle or by which one lives his/her

life”, “Ability for a person to abstain from sin”, “Using one’s sense for

doing things”.

Q8: Onto the eighth question “What do you understand by the term

‘Moral Dilemma’? Support with example(s)” we pooled the following

responses together: “When your ethics of doing things is being

challenged, for instance financial impropriety in office”, “This is a

situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or


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more alternatives”, “I don’t know”, “A situation in which a hard choice

is to be made between two options that are desirable, e.g. a choice

between gratification from corruption and deciding against same”,

“Confusion as to whether an issue is right or wrong”

Q9: The ninth question went thus, “Could you say that ‘moral

dilemmas or how we handle them’ is one of such factors militating

against Christian performance?” To which were the following

responses, “Yes, moral dilemmas play a major factor”, “30 percent

YES, 70 percent NO”, “Definitely yes!”, “Yes”, “Yes”, “Sometimes”.

Q10: The tenth question was “How does the Christian moral dilemma

affect your general life performance?” The following unedited

responses ensued: “Because some right things are hard to do except

with the grace of God, e.g. cheating in the exam hall”, “Negatively”,

“Not handling it well jeopardizes effectiveness and fulfillment”,

“Negligible”, “Demoralizes one”.

Q11: The eleventh question: “What is the positive effect of morality on

personal performance and effectiveness?” The following were the

responses that ensued, “Morality stands you out”, “It makes one stand
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on the good side of the law”, “Makes one close to God and vice versa”,

“Makes one take heed to what is right by doing it”.

Q12: The twelfth question went like this: “Is it possible to be moral

and excellent as a Christian at the same time?” The following

responses were elicited, “Yes”, “Yes, it is very possible”, “Yes, but

morality should not be the priority”, “In my own opinion, they are

complementary, so definitely YES!”, “YES, morality does not make you

a Christian, but Christians are moral beings”, “I believe it is possible”,

“YES”, “YES, it is very possible to be moral and excellent as a Christian

by the grace of God”.

Q13: Now to the thirteenth question which asked respondents, “Do

you need to be morally upright or perfect to perform effectively in your

job, task, studies or endeavor?” the following responses were elicited.

They include, “If effectiveness and good results are desired, YES”,

“Uprightness is necessary. Perfection is what we work towards. As a

Christian, God’s hand in your work will make you stand out”, “YES”,

“YES”, “YES”.

Q14: To the fourteenth question, “How do you cope with or manage

moral dilemmas, so they don’t interfere with your performance?” the


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following responses were elicited, which include: “Ask God to help

you”, “You take tough decisions to follow the right path”, “By

depending on the Holy Spirit”, “Praying for the unction of the Spirit,

dedication to the cause of God, discipline”, “By knowing and doing

what is right”.

Q15: “What could be done to boost Christian performance?” was the

fifteenth question, and the following responses were generated: “More

of God’s word and study, and mostly ACTION! Choosing to stand in

spite of all”, “Improve in knowledge of the word of God. Depend on the

Holy Spirit”, “Avoid moral dilemmas and evangelize the word of God to

the society”, “We need to start shining, being examples so that others

will see it and have a change of mind and do the same”, “Let the

Christian know what they have taken up (The Great Commission)”,

“Try to understand who they are in Christ”.

Q16: “What is the role of the ‘human will’ in morality?” was the next

question, and the respondents gave the following responses: “It

empowers morality because it is your decision to either do what is

right or wrong”, “Human Will is always tending towards evil. But a

person of good morals may still be evil in his/her thought because

he/she is totally human”, “Human Will is of high importance in the


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issue of morality”, “It has a major role to play, particularly in decisions

and sticking to them. When a sense of what is right and wrong is

established, the Human Will helps in sticking to what is right”.

Q17: “What is your view of the world morally?” was the seventeenth

question and these were responses generated: “The world’s moral

standard is very low”, “There’s a high sense of moral decadence and

our value system or ethical framework is becoming increasingly

warped”, “The world as we know it is getting less moral everyday”,

“The ‘world’ are those that indulge in sin”, “Average”, “It is

complicated”.

Q18: To the final question, the eighteenth, “Do you think the world is

a morally conflicting, complex, complicated or easy world?” the

following responses were elicited, “Complicated”, “Conflicting, because

many things are confusing these days”, “All of the above but definitely

not ‘easy’”, “Complicated”, “The world is full of complications morally”,

“Conflicting”, “I think it is most of the first three, nevertheless for

some it is ‘easy’. Whichever it is, one is largely a function of his

actions, attitude, and disposition”, “I think the world is morally

complicated”.
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Conclusion

With no absolute laws in the secular world, defining right and wrong is

a strictly personal matter, but I dare say that there’s no pursuit of

effective performance without deep regard for the Law, whether of

God or of man. It’s not sustainable, hence ‘No Excellence without Law’,

‘No Excellence without Morality’. However, the world need not be

morally conflicting if only we would allow God’s word to dictate what’s

right and wrong to us, allowing it to judge and correct us, provided we

are not double-minded about accepting the authority of the Bible as

our moral guide. The longer people fail to submit themselves to the

one and true Lawgiver who alone determines right from wrong, the

more morally conflicting and confusing the world will become for them.

There seems to be a connection or direct proportionality between

saintliness/morality and excellence/effective performance. I observed

from my study of the Bible that the excellent ones in the Bible were all

saintly, morally conscious and upright people, or in biblical terms ‘they

feared God and kept His commandments’. From Abel to Zechariah, this

point rings true. David was the greatest king Israel ever had. Joseph

became the Prime Minister of Egypt, and used greatly by God to

preserve nations at the time during an austere worldwide famine.

Daniel excelled among his colleagues and succeeded to the highest


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echelon in the Babylonian realm, which was the first world empire in

world history. Nehemiah got the attention of the Persian king Cyrus

who held Israel captive, and commissioned him to rebuild the walls of

Jerusalem. Joshua stood out from his counterparts, was chosen by

Moses, and actually led the Israelites to the Promised Land. Job, a

brilliant architect, was the richest man in the East, and built great

structures. He is believed to have built the great pyramids of Egypt. All

these personalities excelled in their realms and were strict keepers of

God’s laws and way of life. But was it because of their morality or

saintliness that they excelled or performed effectively? A further study

into the Bible revealed the answer, “As for the saints who are on the

earth, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight”

(Psa16v3). Whose delight? God’s delight of course! Because they are

His saints, He delights in them, causes, moves and inspires them to

prosper and excel in their undertakings.

I agree with Dr. Tony Rapu’s declaration in the ‘Faith and Reason’

section of the THISDAY Sunday newspaper dated 5th June, 2011. He

opined, “The marketplace and the public square are largely unrealized

frontiers for kingdom activity. Daniel typifies the principle and the

posture that the Christians must begin to exemplify in these spheres.

The next dimension of church will manifest in the form of anointed


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Christian professionals bearing witness to three important truths

namely: that faith and professional excellence are not contradictory

concepts; that it is possible to advance without moral compromise;

and that high performance bears a greater witness to our values than

words…”

This work is about to lend credence to the fact that Morality and

Effective Christian Performance are not conflicting concepts; that it is

possible to overcome the moral burden or dilemmas and advance to

greater heights without moral compromise; and that effective

performance or excellence bears a greater witness to our values than

mere words would say.


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SUBJECT INDEX

ADDICTION
Robs one of willpower (Chpt.3)
Same as all kinds of conflicts, struggles, temptations (Chpt.3)

AMBITION
Not evil in itself (Chpt.7)
Effort to improve self with outgoing concern for humanity and society (Chpt.7)
Beyond mere desire (Chpt.7)

ANIMALS
Cannot think or reason like human beings (Chpt.2)
Have no appreciation of music (Chpt.2)

ANTIOCH
First called Christians (Chpt.3)

APPLY – POSTPONE –DISCARD PRINCIPLE


A mind control technique to keep track of every thought (Chpt.6)
Requires practice and great discipline (Chpt.6)
Enables one to think deeply and freely use Will (Chpt.6)

ASSERTIVENESS
You have a right to your opinion (Chpt.6)
One of the reasons Christians wallow in captivity (Chpt.6)
Natural to want to follow the crowd (Chpt.6)
Takes great sacrifice to not follow the crowd (Chpt.6)
Invokes enviable respect from people (Chpt.6)

BALANCED GOD
Wants His creation to reflect balance and liberality (Chpt.7)

Wants us to succeed but not to be entangled with this world (Chpt.7)

BENEFITS OF A RESCUED WILL


Unprecedented control over the mind (Chpt7)
Calmness of mind (Chpt.7)
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Clarity of mind (Chpt.7)


Excellent decision-making (Chpt.7)
Better learner and achiever (Chpt.7)
Receives constant help from God to overcome challenges of life (Chpt.7)
Becomes more sociable and socially responsible (Chpt.7)

BREATH (INSPIRATION) OF THE ALMIGHTY


Gives life to soul of man (Chpt.2)
Spirit of man (Chpt.2)

CAPTIVITY
To the law of sin and death (Chpt.3)

CHARACTER-BUILDING
Part of His Ultimate Plan (Chpt.4)

CHRISTIAN
Name synonymous with every good virtue (Chpt.3)
Ambassador of Christ (Chpt.4)
Not yet perfect in this life (Chpt.6)

CIVILISATION
All the systems and structures put in place by man (Chpt.4)

CONSCIENCE
Honest work of disapproving or approving human actions (Chpt.4)
CONSCIOUS MIND
Present state of mind (Chpt.2)

DELIBERATE SIN
Falling into sin deliberately (Chpt.6)
Like a dog going back to its vomit (Chpt.6)
Crucifying Christ again (Chpt.6)
A Christian may still repent of this (Chpt.6)

DIVINE ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT


Christ plays High Priest by constantly sympathizing with our weaknesses before God (Chpt.6)

DIVINE PATIENCE
Character-building is the working out of patience (Chpt.6)
Needed in attaining perfect character (Chpt.6)
Helps us to possess our souls (Chpt.6)
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EARTH
Viewed as an estate (Chpt.4)

ENTITY OF FRUSTRATION
Lucifer turned Satan (Chpt.4)
Originator of all factors responsible (Chpt.4)

EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT
Accounts for the wide gap between human mind and animal brain (Chpt.2)

FACTOR OF ENDURANCE
Endurance in the midst of struggles (Chpt.6)
Will of God to endure temptation if not, purpose of character is defeated (Chpt.6)
We are not without weaknesses; our weaknesses are perfected in God’s strength (Chpt.6)

FREE MORAL AGENCY


To do whatever one chooses (Chpt.4)

GENERAL CAPTIVITY
Causing a general setback (Chpt.5)

GOOD NEWS
Sense of stability in the face of struggles (Chpt.7)

HALF-BAKED CHRISTIANS
Christians of probable character (Chpt.5)

HELPING HAND OF GOD


A Christian cannot wholly sanctify himself (Chpt.6)
No other plays this role apart from God Himself (Chpt.6)

HONEST SCIENCE
Reveals things of God (Chpt.5)

HUMAN BEINGS
Viewed as tenants of the earth (Chpt.4)

HUMAN BRAIN
Exercises many functions (Chpt.2)
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HUMAN MIND
Comprises Spirit and Soul (Chpt.2)

HUMAN PERSONALITY
Composed of three essential parts (Chpt.2)

HUMAN WILL
Driving force of man (Chpt.2)

HUMILITY
Fuel that keeps the vehicle of success going (Chpt.7)
Brings deliverance from every evil work (Chpt.7)
A prayerful heart (Chpt.7)
Not he who wills, nor runs, but God who shows mercy (Chpt.7)
You’ll need the mercy of God no matter how high-placed you are (Chpt.7)
Worship God and not your Will (Chpt.7)
Depend on God and for partnership and assistance (Chpt.7)

IMAGE OF GOD
Character (image) of God (Chpt.4)
Qualifies one to reign with God (Chpt.4)

IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
The Christian cannot achieve perfection in this life (Chpt.6)
Jesus was a super human, unlike the rest of us (Chpt.6)
The time Perfection is attained (Chpt.6)
Perfection requires all spiritual knowledge; we don’t acquire at once (Chpt.6)

INSTANT PERFECTION
A Christian becomes perfect almost immediately? (Chpt.6)

ISOLATIONIST MENTALITY
Jesus never isolated himself from people of the world (Chpt.7)
He was a friend to sinners, dined and wined with them (Chpt.7)
Character is best developed in the midst of struggles (Chpt.7)

KINGDOM OBJECTIVE
Seeking the Ultimate Plan of God, His kingdom and righteousness (Chpt.4)

LAW OF CAUSALITY
For every cause, there is an effect (Chpt.5)
Nothing happens of its own accord (Chpt.5)
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LIFE
To be enjoyed in all aspects (Chpt.5)

LIKENESS OF GOD
We look like God in our looks and features (Chpt.4)

LUCIFER
Ruler of the Earth (Chpt.4)
Administered the God’s government before he rebelled (Chpt.4)

MACHO MAN
We widely assume we are this (Chpt.5)

MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE
Accumulation of physical knowledge (Chpt.5)

MATURITY QUOTIENT
A function of how God responds to your struggles of life (Chpt.7)
Varies with all individuals (Chpt.7)

MIND
Your spiritual estate (Chpt.6)

NATIONAL BATTLE
Like the American-Iraqi War (Chpt.2)

NON-CHRISTIAN
No serious religious or Christian inclinations (Chpt.2)

NOW SYNDROME
Self-control needed to tame it (Chpt.6)
Inherent in human nature to want something immediately (Chpt.6)

OCCASIONAL SLIP
Usually caused by mistake, unintentional action, helpless or ignorance (Chpt.6)
The walking and falling continues for life (Chpt.6)
He that says he slips not makes God a liar (Chpt.6)
A Christian is supposed to reduce its occurrence (Chpt.6)

PERSONAL BATTLE
The kind fought by a Christian (Chpt.2)
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PERSONAL DEPTH
Deeps calls onto the deep (Chpt.7)

POWER OVER THE AIR


The devil broadcasts his attitudes via it (Chpt.4)

PRINCIPLES-SET
Set of principles governing a human life (Chpt.6)
Man, in order to function optimally, must have this (Chpt.6)

PROPER USE OF THE WILL


Not to manipulate people but to glorify God, and manifest His glory to the world (Chpt.7)
Nurture dreams, visions, and ideals to reality (Chpt.7)
Benefit society, and do some good in the society (Chpt.7)
In the pursuit of character development and the kingdom Objective (Chpt.7)

RANDOM THOUGHTS
Part of one’s mental processes or thought life; interfering thoughts (Chpt.6)
Usually unwelcome, except if it is divine (Chpt.6)

SATAN
The great adversary (Chpt.4)
Viewed as the current landlord of the earth (Chpt.4)

SCIENTISTS
Widely assume nothing exists outside matter (Chpt.2)

SELF-CONQUEST
Greatest of all victories (Chpt.6)

SELF-CRUCIFIXION
Quintessence of self-conquest (Chpt.6)
Trying to do it on your own (Chpt.6)
Standing in your own righteousness (Chpt.6)
Nothing as soul-destroying as this (Chpt.6)

SETTING GOD AT NAUGHT


Seeking great things at the expense of the kingdom objective (Chpt.7)
Which we are all guilty of, even those who think they stand (Chpt.7)
Giving preferential treatment to secular goals over the kingdom objective (Chpt.7)
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SOUL
Principally the physical or material brain Chpt.2)
Referred to as the conscious mind (Chpt.2)

SPARK OF AMBITION
Vital ingredient missing in most human lives (Chpt.7)
People become victims of circumstances for a lack of it (Chpt.7)
Leads to a life of great education and accomplishments (Chpt.7)

SPIRIT IN MAN
Adds to human brain to make up the mind (Chpt.2)
Natural inspiration in man (Chpt.2)
Imparts the power of intellect to the human brain (Chpt.2)

SPIRIT OF GOD
An ADDED supernatural inspiration of God (Chpt.2)
SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
Revolves around the development of human character (Chpt.5)
Foundation on which every other knowledge should be built (Chpt.5)

SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
Comprises temporarily forgotten thoughts (Chpt.2)

TWO TREES
Tree of Life, symbolizes God’s rule over man (Chpt.4)
Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, symbolizes Satan’s rule over men (Chpt.4)

ULTIMATE PLAN OF GOD


His kingdom come that we may partake of it to fulfill our transcendent human potential (Chpt4)

UNCONSCIOUS MIND
Hidden potentialities, possibilities, abilities (Chpt.2)

UNDERSTANDING SIN
Dynamics of how one falls into sin in the now and future (Chpt.6)
The struggles faced against self, the world, and the devil (Chpt.6)
Not a sin to be tempted (Chpt.6)
Sin to be mastered or understood (Chpt.6)

UNIVERSAL STOCK OF WILLPOWER


Every man has large measures to draw upon (Chpt.2)
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No one has a monopoly on this (Chpt.7)

VETERANS OF THE LAW


The Pharisees (Chpt.3)

WAGON OF IMPATIENCE
Which many Christians are joining (Chpt.6)

WHAT WILL JESUS DO?


Christians engage in speculation in answering this (Chpt.6)
Christians should allow God to answer this for them (Chpt.6)

WILLPOWER
Great executive in the republic of the brain (Chpt.2)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Henry Weiss has a passion for writing; of which is the birth of this work. He
loves reading for information, thinking for solutions, and writing for passion’s
sake. He has written several articles, which have been published.

One of his core competencies is to create and communicate life-improving


information that stimulates people to live their lives to the fullest potential in
every conceivable aspect of life. He currently runs a blog at
www.henryweissblog.wordpress.com

In his leisure time, he enjoys playing chess to improve his mental acumen,
and playing soccer for fitness’ sake. He is fun-loving, adventurous, and loves
travelling. He also enjoys artwork, especially drawing, and painting, and
listening to music.
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ABOUT THE BOOK

Is your ‘free Will’ really free to do what it wants to do at any given moment

to any length of time under any kind of circumstances wherever you find

yourself, pushing your way through as hard as you can to the fulfillment of

your goals in life? The difference between a successful person and others

isn’t lack of strength, or a lack of knowledge, but a lack of Will, says Vincent

T. Lombardi.

If you aren’t enjoying effective performance in your life or one area in your

life, it is most probably an indication that you aren’t maximizing the full

power of your Will, meaning the power of your Will is probably captured, and

needs rescuing. Even if you have been using your willpower quite well as a

Christian, you will still find the book very useful and unputdownable, as it

touches not only on a rare and unique Will-rescuing knowledge but also on

other features like:

• What more you need to know about the Human Mind

• The Christian mindset and how it affects him or her

• The cause(s) of the Christian mind struggles

• Gaining stability and balance in the midst of struggles

• Overcoming moral struggles, challenges, temptations, addictions, etc.


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• Christian assertiveness and how to say NO

• Seizing full control of the mind

• Benefits of a Rescued Will

• The Ultimate Plan God is working in humanity and the world

• Seeking great things of life without trampling on the kingdom objective

• The Spark of Ambition and Pursuit of Excellence, etc.

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