Tuesday, 1st February, 2022
Bible Reading: Proverbs 22:29, Deuteronomy 28:13
Memory Verse: And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. Deuteronomy28:13(NKJV)
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has honoured Fareedah Oyolola, a secondary school student at Greensprings School, Lagos, Nigeria as one of the brightest students in the world. This recognition is as a result of her exceptional performance in the advanced School and College Ability Test (SCAT), which every student must undergo in order for the institution to determine their current academic abilities before admitting them into its talent search programme.
The test was a multiple-choice aptitude test in verbal and quantitative reasoning, and she answered 100 questions correctly within 44 minutes! In a similar stead, a Nigerian man identified as Nnaemeka Nnamani has succeeded in his academics despite being a deaf student from an American University. He revealed that he had to strive more than other students who could hear the lecturers’ words in classes while he was in the university. The deaf man said that while in the university, he maintained the habit of sleeping five hours every night and napping for only 20 minutes during the day.
During his postgraduate studies, he entirely scrapped napping and maintained the five hours at night for sleep as he revealed that he always went to bed at 2 am. Nnaemeka said having a vision was very important and he dealt with it as such. To succeed in school, he decided that if people who were not deaf can read one book ahead of lecturers, he would do 10. Today, he is a doctorate degree holder and an assistant professor with a PhD in nuclear engineering. The above testimonies show that there is nothing called impossible. When there is a will, there will always be a way. Our only limitation is the limitation we place on ourselves.
Quote: There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose – KinHubbard.
Prophetic Decree: In year 2022, your greater academic glory must manifest by fire, in Jesus mighty name.
Prayer Focus
1. King of glory, we bow at your feet.
2. Altars of academic defeat in my foundation, catch fire, in Jesus name.
3. The curse of thou shall not prosper, break over my life, in Jesus name.
4. Whatever seems impossible to me last year shall become possible this year, in Jesus name.
5. I annul any defacto covenant with failure, in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 7-9