By Bishop David Oyedepo
Dear Reader, what thoughts or forms of imagination do you have for your business, career and endeavours for the year 2012? Your answer to this question goes a long way in determining what you will experience in your affairs throughout this new year.

Thoughts have a great deal to do with the destiny of any man. What you think of your business situation is what will ultimately become manifest (Proverbs 23:7). If you don’t think business breakthrough, you will never have it.

If you don’t think about a tension-free home, you won’t experience it. Every negative thought you allow to have a grip on you, blocks you from enjoying God’s best for you which should be a heaven-on-earth-like experience.

Unfortunately, due to the many negative things they have heard, witnessed, observed or even personally experienced of business and family life, many have no foundation for forming any good imagination about business or raising a family. That is why, today, I will be teaching you how to renew your mind.

If you are to experience success in your business and joy, peace, and love in your home this year, it would be necessary to deprogramme your mind from all negative orientations and perspectives. You must appreciate the fact it is God’s desire that you work and do your business.

Ecclesiastes 3:10 says: “…If any would not work, neither should he eat.” Also, marriage was “manufactured” by God. It is not a product of African or western culture and tradition. No matter what you have seen in the society, God did not establish your business or home as a necessary evil, but a glorious and honourable thing.

Therefore, for your thoughts and imaginations to be in line with divine will, there must first be a “casting down” of all mind debris, cultural orientations, traditions, idiosyncrasies, etc. that hamper your perception of God’s plans and purposes for your business and home.

Take a look at this admonition to the Corinthian church: “Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled” (II Corinthians 10:5-6).

What that means is that your mind must be in line with God’s before you can revenge all disobedience. All happenings that are contrary to God’s plan for your business, career, endeavours or family life are in the list of the disobedient. God’s will is that you enjoy business breakthrough and marital peace.

The authentic instrument for renewing the mind to that of Christ is the Word of God. Will power, psychology, strength of character etc, will not do it. Only God’s Word is capable of renewing the mind of anybody from the negative patterns of this world.

Apostle Paul reaffirms it in these words: “…Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2).

God’s Word is your only guarantee for freedom from every form of mental imprisonment. When it permeates your mind, it brings about a transformation which leads to a translation in every realm of life including business, career or marriage. God’s Word is the builder and lifter of persons. It can lift you to greater heights that would turn away every business tension into a miracle in your home.

That is why revelation is very important for you because it backs your imagination, and helps you renew your mind.