Empowering the Hopeless With Excellence

ISAIAH 58:6 This is the kind of fasting I have chosen: Loosen the chains of wickedness, untie the straps of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke.

UNTIE THE STRAPS OF THE YOKE LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE 4 KEYS LOOSEN THE CHAINS UNTIE THE STRAPS OF THE YOKE LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE BREAK EVERY YOKE

LOOSEN THE CHAINS - MIRROR WHY AM I POOR? MIRROR IT – THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WAY WE WORK THE WAY WE BEHAVE THE WAY WE THINK THE WAY WE THINK Poor work ethic? Always late? Bad attitude? Lazy? Poor communication? Alcohol? No ownership? No saving / no budget / no plan? Impulse buying? Unprofessional behavior at work? THE WAY WE BELIEVE Parents tell us we are useless – we believe it? Culture – speak to the Spirits of the dead. My culture is my god. Leave my culture alone!! Poor values – take the bribe?

UNTIE CHORDS / STRAPS OF THE YOKE TRADITIONS OF MEN Belief Systems – expose the lies Separate culture and belief Parents Mindsets: - Poverty Mindset - Entitlement - Secular WV - Lack of Excellence

HOW CAN I CHANGE – BE SET FREE JESUS THEN EMPOWER!! Work with excellence Planning finances and life - Having control over your spending Hope Caring for your neighbour - Loving people Biblical Worldview Skills Business school HOPE – 83% OF OUR STUDENTS BELIEVE THERE ARE NO PROSPECTS FOR THEM SIT AT HOME – UP TO 5 OR 10 YEARS – AFTER 73% ACTIVE WORK WITH EXCELLENCE Honor your boss Make yourself valuable Owner vs worker FINANCES Control your impulse buying Have a savings plan in place to create wealth POVERTY MINDSET Do I have it Do I believe that id my parents are poor I will be too? If I don’t have a plan, then yes, I do have it!! AM I ENTITLED? - Well, am a I waiting?

Holy Spirit and His Power Link them with Opportunities Wisdom BREAK THE YOKE 4 ways we do it: Point people to God Holy Spirit and His Power Link them with Opportunities Wisdom

BREAK THE YOKE – POINT TO GOD POINT PEOPLE TO GOD TO LIVE VICTORIOUSLY GOD CHANGED WORLDVIEW JOBS AND BUSINESS LIVING DIFFERENTLY RENEWED MIND

BREAK YOKE - HOLY SPIRIT 1 Corinthians 2:10-12  (CEV) God’s Spirit has shown you everything. His Spirit finds out everything, even what is deep in the mind of God. 11  You are the only one who knows what is in your own mind, and God’s Spirit is the only one who knows what is in God’s mind. 12  But God has given us his Spirit. That’s why we don’t think the same way that the people of this world think. Acts 1:8 But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you POWER!!. DISCIPLED INTO THINKING DIFFERENTLY But GOD I Father, Son and Holy Spirit So need the POWER of the Holy Spirit to BREAK THE YOKE

BREAK YOKE - WISDOM WISDOM is the ability to govern what the Lord has given us and to bring it to its full potential - Discipleship. THROUGH DISCIPLESHIP

BREAK YOKE – LINK WITH OPPORTUNITIES THINK DIFFERENTLY ACT DIFFERENTLY LINK THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES Received Jesus. Filled with the Holy Spirit MIXING SECULAR AND SACRED. WORK AND PERSONAL FAITH COMPLETELY INTERTWINED LINK THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD NOT BE POOR!!!

LINKING STUDENTS TO OPPORTUNITIES HOW? W4AL MODEL WORK 4 A LIVING JOB CENTER BUSINESS SCHOOL SKILLS CENTRE EDUCATION LINKING STUDENTS TO OPPORTUNITIES STUDENTS Word-of-Mouth ALL THIS HAPPENS AT OUR WORK 4 A LIVING Centres This is the kind of fasting I have chosen: Loosen the chains of wickedness, untie the straps of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke. During W4AL: LOOSEN THE CHAINS – MIRROR THEIR POVERTY – ask them if they want to stay there Look at the way they work and live UNTIE THE YOKE Culture and belief Impact of parents FREEDOM - Teach them another way Excellence in the workplace Biblical WORLDVIEW NOW READY: BREAK YOKE Introduce them to Jesus Filled with the Holy Spirit Teach wisdom therough Discipleship Teach caring for your neighbour through DOL THEN WE RAMP IT UP BY CHARGING FORWARD AND teaching skills and linking them to job oportunities and business opportunitis RESULTS BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW DISCIPLED

BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY WHAT WE DO BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY Equipping and empowering people with employability and entrepreneurial skills needed to support themselves and their families. THROUGH A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW. THEREBY PLACING SPIRIT-FILLED, DISCIPLED PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE WHO UNDERSTAND EXCELLENCE

GOAL A W4AL Centre…EVERY CITY, EVERY TOWN . …wherever there is POVERTY or NEED. His power at work in us can do far more than we DARE ask or imagine. Ephesians 3:20