• Have a daily planner: If you are an ardent reader of the blog, you'd know I preach this a lot. I believe if you can have a daily plan, you'd spend your time wisely in a day. If you just wake up with the mindset of moving along with time, you'd end up with a basic day and less productivity. (ps- I have something in the works for you guys regarding this and I can't wait to let you in the know)

• Categorize the plan in a descending manner of importance: Start with the most important task to the least. It makes it easier to mark the ones you've done and to be aware of the important ones you've yet to do. 

• Be specific: I've been guilty of not writing in details what I need to do and it only gets me confused at the end. Be as specific as you can be with the time. (eg. Get my hair done at 3pm; Go to Mum's office at 5pm etc)

• Don't overwork the plan: If peradventure the time you allocated is not enough, you can stylishly steal a few minutes from the next task and complete it but make sure you don't ignore one for the other. Trust me it might seem unreasonable to leave an uncompleted task for a new one. There have been times I had no choice but to abandon the blog because I was extremely busy in the background and to be honest, this was my fault as I didn't manage my time properly. It's understandable really and that's why I said you should have a list from the most important to the least one.

• Don't procrastinate: When I graduated, I needed to file some paper works and do a couple of registration. I decided to rest instead thinking I had enough time to do it. I didn't have Nigeria in my plans and suddenly I had to come to Nigeria and I ended up rushing the paper work. It's quite easy to think we have time until suddenly, you have no account as to how you've spent the time. Whatever you have to do now, do it immediately. Procrastination only wastes one's time and when it's time to do everything, no time left. 

• Focus on the time you have left and not on those wasted: Sometimes we focus on how much time has gone by and not on how we can maximize the remaining time. You hear people say "I don't have time for this and that, I'm not doing it because time has passed" Instead we should say "I will find time for it and I will do it when the time I've allocated to it comes" Attend to the present task and don't be distracted by the next.

• Don't be easily distracted by social media: I previously wrote about Social Media and I mentioned the advantages of it. If you are always distracted by social media when you should be working on your tasks, you will need to look for a strict way to avoid it so it doesn't steal out of your time. You can deactivate/delete the apps while you work or switch off your phone if you don't need it etc. Social Media is the number one thief of time. It's so easy to get sucked in and ignore the task at hand. The most common task that is easily disrupted by social media is study time. Instead of studying diligently, one picks up the phone to quickly check instagram for five minutes, that eventually elongates to thirty minutes and before you know it, allocated study time is over and you end up with a non-productive study day. It goes on and on like that and it will reflect in your exam results. It's a long cycle and that cycle is controlled by time. 

• Evaluate how you spend your time: You won't really know you how your time is spent if you don't evaluate it. Write down the main things you spend your time on and how they've affected your growth. If you notice you spent more time watching movies, cut that time. If you notice you spend more time being productive, keep at it. 

• Allocate time to rest: You already know I hold my sleep/rest days dear. On average, I get seven hours of sleep. It's very important to rest because you cannot come and go and kill yourself. If you are always working and resting less, your body will tell on you. You will eventually end up sick and sick period will steal your time. As much as you cherish the work period when money is coming in, you have to dedicate major time to rest. 

• Don't let people waste your time: You have to value your time. When you know how much your time is worth, you won't give it out to just anyone. You shouldn't always be available when your friend calls you to hang out. Your daily time plan should be filled to the point that you are not at everyone's beck and call.

• Stick to your plan: At the end of it all, you can do all these and after a short while, you give up on it and go about your former random day. When you stick to these points for a long while, maybe six months, look back and compare to the days you didn't have a daily plan. If you think you were more productive without a plan, feel free to go back to that life but I can assure you that you'd be more productive when you manage your time appropriately.

• He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgement. If you have accepted the Lord as your Savior, you'll have the portion of the holy spirit with you always. Can you differentiate between your conscience and the holy spirit talking? This is a very important thing a believer should be able to differentiate. It was hard for me at first especially when both voices are saying something positive (e.g to take action but with different approach). The Holy Spirit won't give you the reasons why a situation is good or bad but your conscience will. The Holy spirit reminds you of that which is pure eg no lying, no cheating etc. (the Lord's commandments)

• He guides us into all truth (John 16:13) The Holy Spirit hears from God yeah? true. So when he hears, he comes to tell us right there and then (for those who have the word of God in their hearts). The Holy spirit can never speak that which is not of God. He will never guide us in any way contrary to God's will.

• He re-generates us so we can have a new origin. For example, when you want to use a pot but it's dirty. what do you do? you definitely clean it up inside-out so you can put something fresh in it. That is exactly what the holy spirit does with us

• He's willing to lead us. We should walk in the spirit so the flesh won't control us and the Holy spirit can lead us. (Gal 5:16-17)

• He sanctifies. The holy spirit is given to us so we can be holy, that is sanctification. It comes with being conformed to Christ. When you've been sanctified, your life would be transformed and the Glory of God shall shine through you.

• He fills us (Ephesians 5:18)

• He makes intercessions for us (Romans 8:26 -"Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans"

• He gives us special supernatural gifts. We need to desire the power and anointing of God which only the Holy spirit can give. there's a catch! You can be born again and still not have the anointing. Why? Because you need to be baptized in the Spirit of the Lord Almighty. Get born-again, get baptized and the power and anointing of God would be yours.

• Wisdom through the Spirit. Wisdom is an insight. 1 Kings 4:34 

• Word of knowledge: The Holy spirit gives you the knowledge to know the truth about something you wouldn't have had an ability to know with your 'plain' intelligence. 

• Faith: It means to be persuaded. Faith is an evidence of things not seen. The fact that you go through things, where there's a negative action for what you believe God for, but still believe knowing that God will do it when He says He will. I have a full post dedicated to Faith here. 

• Healing: It encompasses all kinds of healing(spiritual, financial, academics etc) we have been given that the moment we became christians. 

• Miracles: They are super-natural acts. 

• Prophecy: A divine power of fore-telling. You have the ability to speak of things that are yet to come and speak things into existence. 

• Discerning Spirits: The distinguishing of spirits. Yo can see demons through people's eyes, smell them or feel their presence. Discerning of angels: 1 John 1:1-4. 

Chapter One .....