Graham Power
Personal Testimony
Video
UCB International Media Leaders Forum
AUGUST 2012
GRAHAM POWER
How can you realise
your dream…
If you don’t have a
dream
If you always do what
you always did;
You will always get
what you always got
The ultimate measure of a man is
not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but
where he stands in times of
challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King (Jr.)
Vision (what?)
A wave of “ethics, values and clean living” to sweep South
Africa and the globe
“if My people who are called by
My Name will humble
themselves, and pray and seek
my face, (GDOP wave 1)
and turn from their wicked
ways, (UE wave 2)
then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin and
heal their land” (revival wave 3)
2 Chronicles 7:14
People with humility
don’t think less
of themselves …
They just think about
themselves less.
Corruption part of public life, says watchdog
Transparency International, a Berlin-based
nongovernmental organisation, said its global
corruption barometer this year showed bribery was
most prevalent in Africa, where an average 36% of
those surveyed said they or a member of their families
had paid a bribe in the past 12 months.
Latin America was next, with 17% of those polled
saying they had bribed someone recently.
In Russia and the former Soviet republics, the
figure was 12%.
The Lord abhors dishonest
scales,
but
accurate
weights are His delight.
Proverbs 11 : 1
You cannot eradicate
systemic poverty,
Unless you eradicate
systemic corruption
The “Ethics Check” Questions
IS IT LEGAL?
Will I be violating either civil law or company policy?
IS IT BALANCED?
Is it fair to all concerned in the short term as well as the
long term?
Does it promote win-win relationships?
HOW WILL IT MAKE ME FEEL ABOUT MYSELF?
Will it make me proud?
Would I feel good if my decision was published in the
newspaper?
Would I feel good if my family knew about it?
To be a Person of
means
Or to be a Person of
meaning
YOU MUST CHOOSE…
Ashamedly Unethical
or
Unashamedly Ethical
Food gained by fraud
tastes sweet to a man.
But he ends up with a
mouth full of gravel.
Proverbs 20 :17
“When the storm has swept
by, the wicked are gone,
but the righteous
stand firm forever”
Proverbs 10:25
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered Love them anyway
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives Do good anyway
If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies Succeed anyway
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow Do good anyway
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable Be honest and transparent anyway
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight Build anyway
People who really want help, may attack you if you help them Help them anyway
Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt Give the world your best anyway
You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and GOD; it was never
between you and them anyway
- Mother Theresa -
You see, in the final analysis,
it is all between you and
GOD; it was never between
you and them anyway.
- Mother Theresa -
“But Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord;
who’s confidence is in Him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water that
sends out it’s roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes, it’s leaves
are always green. It has now worries in a year
of drought, and never fails to bear fruit. ”
Jeremiah 17 : 7 – 8
Keep your THOUGHTS positive because your
thoughts become your WORDS.
Keep your WORDS positive because your words
become your ACTIONS.
Keep your ACTIONS positive because your actions
become your HABITS.
Keep your HABITS positive because your habits
become your LIFETSTYLE.
Keep your LIFESTYLE positive because your
lifestyle becomes your DESTINY.
I ASKED GOD - A Prayer answered
I asked God for strength
And God gave me difficulties to make me strong!
I prayed for wisdom
And God gave me problems to solve!
I asked for prosperity
And God gave me brains and strength to work!
I prayed for courage
And God gave me dangers to overcome.
I asked for love
And God gave me opportunities!
A Prayer answered…
I asked for humility
And God gave me experiences not to be proud of!
I asked God to grant me patience
And God said ‘No’. He said that patience is a product of tribulation.
It is not granted. It is earned.
I asked God to spare me pain
And God said ‘No’. He said, suffering draws you apart from worldly
cares and brings you closer to me!
I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed.
My prayer has been answered.
(Gary Player – To become a champ )
THE PEAR TREE (Hab 3:17-19)
There was a man who had four sons.
He wanted his sons to learn not to Judge things too quickly. So he
sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree
that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the Winter, the second in the Spring, the
third in Summer and the fourth son in the Fall.
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together
to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly,
bent and twisted.
The second son said, no it was covered
with green buds and full of promise.
The third son disagreed; he said it was
laden with blossoms that smelled so
sweet and looked so beautiful; it was
the most graceful thing he had ever
seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them;
he said it was ripe and drooping with
fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they
were all right, because they had each seen
but only one season in the tree’s life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or
a person, by only one season and that the
essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy
and love that come from that life can only be
measured at the end, when all seasons are
up.
If you give up when it’s Winter, you will miss
the promise of your Spring, the beauty of your
Summer and the fulfillment of your Fall.
Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the
joy of all the rest.
Don’t judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches and
better times are sure to come some time.
Aspire to Inspire before you Expire
Live simply, Love Generously,
Care Deeply,
Speak Kindly.
Leave the rest to God.
Happiness keeps you sweet, trials keep you strong, sorrows
keep you human and failures keep you humble.
Success keeps you glowing.
But only God keeps you going.
Aspire
to Inspire
before you
Expire