WHO IS THIS MAN?
He clocks 60 years today (born Oct. 28, 1955) and married to his wife, Melinda in 1994, who bore him 3 children. According to Forbes, he is the world’s richest man with a net worth of $79.3 billion, though swiftly overtaken for some hours on Friday, Oct. 23 by 79 year old fashion mogul, Amancio Ortega, but that only lasted for some hours as the American billionaire retained back his No. 1 spot later that day, after a 10% surge in Microsoft. He is also rated according to the American business magazine as the #7 most powerful person on earth. His full name is, William Henry Bill Gates III.

You might have known this man today for his wealth and for the company he co-founded 40 years ago, MICROSOFT which today is the world’s largest PC software company but, here are some uncommon facts about the American billionaire business magnate.
1. As child, he was a voracious reader, spending hours over reference books such as Encyclopedia and also relished in playing board games (Risk was his favorite) & excelled at Monopoly and has grown to become a book writer, having written quite a number of books.
2. In the family where he grew, competition is encouraged; though it doesn’t matter the type of competition it is, there was always a reward for wining and a penalty for losing.
3. He began to show interest in computer programming at the age of 13 at the Lakeside school and went into business at age 15 with his pal, Paul Allen, developing a computer program that netted them $20,000.
4. He graduated from Lakeside school, a private preparatory school at age 18 as a National Merit Scholar, scoring 1590 out of 1600 on the highly prestigious SAT, showing his intelligence as a young student.
5. He got the vision of Microsoft at age 18 while he was at Harvard University, with his friend and senior at school, Paul Allen and the vision then was “getting a computer in every person’s desk. Though, the vision seemed audacious then but now, it is a proven fact that 84% of U.S households own a computer.
6. He launched Microsoft at age 19 while at Harvard, with his friend, Paul Allen and just like his friend, Paul, he also dropped out of school that same year in 1974, even with the support of his parents who had once stopped him from establishing the company while he was 15 years old, cos they wanted him to finish school and go to college, hoping he would become a lawyer.
7. They got the name MICROSOFT as a portmanteau of the words “micro” computer and “soft” ware.
8. He held the position of chairman, CEO & Chief Software architect of the company in the past before finally stepping down as chairman of Microsoft last year and now focused on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Truly, hard work pays but only to a visionary. He who has no vision can have no account of success in history. However, with all of Bill Gates success and achievements in the public society, the truth is that even with his generous philanthropy and contributions to human and societal development, without an encounter with the Lord and savior JESUS CHRIST in his life, he would only burn in hell. JESUS IS THE “ONLY” WAY TO HEAVEN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM


Source: http://olukotungolushola..in/2015/10/7th-worlds-most-powerful-person-clocks.html

A COMMON MISTAKE OF THE RICH
Many today, even from their childhood had ambitions of becoming rich, wealthy personalities but many do not live to see their dream fulfilled while some others who lived to fulfill such dreams do not end up enjoying such wealth to their old age due to a common mistake made by almost all rich people. This mistake, from study, has been in existence from more than 5000 years ago and has destroyed so many and will continue to destroy many until preventive measures are taken. As a matter of truth, this mistake has been in existent since the early days of creation. Should we now not desire to be rich, because of the fear of also falling victim of this common mistake? Definitely No! In fact, I love to be rich and know I would be rich; even a thousand devils can’t stop me from being rich.
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The truth is this; it is not God who prospers a man, he has only chosen to prosper through the strength of God in him, likewise his fall from prosperity is only dependent on his choices; all men are products (income & outcome) of their choices. That is, even our mistakes are a result of our choices. Therefore, no rich man who died poorer or less rich died by accident, it is just by careless determination. There is just one mistake we are talking about and a man named Moses through the inspiration of God sounded a warning against this mistake. Here is his written account thousands of years ago:
“Make sure you don't forget God, your God, by not keeping his commandments, his rules and regulations that I command you today. Make sure that when you eat and are satisfied, build pleasant houses and settle in, see your herds and flocks flourish and more and more money come in, watch your standard of living going up and up, make sure you don't become so full of yourself and your things that you forget God, your God, the God who delivered you from Egyptian slavery; the God who led you through that huge and fearsome wilderness, those desolate, arid badlands crawling with fiery snakes and scorpions; the God who gave you water gushing from hard rock; the God who gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never heard of, in order to give you a taste of the hard life, to test you so that you would be prepared to live well in the days ahead of you. If you start thinking to yourselves, "I did all this, and all by myself. I'm rich. It's all mine!" — Well, think again. Remember that God, your God, gave you the strength to produce all this wealth so as to confirm the covenant that he promised to your ancestors — as it is today. If you forget, forget God, your God, and start taking up with other gods, serving and worshiping them, I'm on record right now as giving you firm warning: that will be the end of you; I mean it — destruction.” [Deut. 8:11-19]
Be careful therefore that you do not fall a victim of pride. It is a word of wisdom from the wisest king of his time, King Solomon, that “pride goes before destruction” and we all must be careful to always observe this at whatever level or position we find ourselves. However, for those who have acquired their riches in a wrong way, pride will not destroy them before their ‘self’ does except they repent.
Money is not the root of all evil but the love of money is… BE CAREFUL

Dr. Myles Munroe is an international leader who travelled to so many countries around the globe including African, Asian, European and American countries; speaking on the subject of purpose and leadership, yet many do not really know him until after his shocking death news. It is however no more a fact, that you become more popular at death than at birth or while living.

Here are ten interesting facts that may interest you about the late Dr. Myles Munroe:

1. He was born and named Myles Egbert Munroe in 1954 into a poor family of 11 children in Nassau, the Capital of Bahamas, a nation not up to the city of Osogbo, Osun state, Nigeria in terms of population.

2. As no one is a christian by birth but by re-birth, he became a christian at age 13 and never turned back from following Christ.

3. He was once the dullest student of his class in his High school but repositioned himself and became the best graduating student of same class in the same school.

4. He attended Oral Roberts University (ORU) with the honor of Bachelor of Fine Arts Education and Theology in 1978, had his Master's degree in Administration at the University of Tulsa in 1980 and also served as Adjunct Professor of the Graduate School of Theology at ORU.

5. He authored and co-authored over 70 books and Biblical-related study guides before death.

6. He founded the Bahamas Faith Ministries International in the early 80s before he was 30 and pastored the ministry for more than 30 years until death.

7. Due to his immense contributions to the United Kingdom, he was awarded with the honor of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 at age 34.

8. He is more popular even than the Bahamian Prime Minister in and outside the Bahamas.

9. His only wife Ruth Munroe who bore him two children {Myles Jr. (Chairo) & Charisa}, served as co-pastor with him at BFMI and died with him in the plane crash that took their lives and eight others on Nov. 9th, 2014. Two days before the incident, Ruth said to her close friend, Angela (wife of David Burrows, the incumbent president of BFMI), "my purpose is to serve my husband". Indeed, she died fulfilling that.

10. A week before his death, Dr. Myles Munroe spoke of death on the Jeff Koinage live TV show in Kenya and was quoted as saying, "I love the phrase, 'It is finished'! I want to die because there is nothing left for me to do. I have done what I was born to do". Sounds like the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, likewise the great Apostle Paul, after they finished their earthly mission.

What have you done with your life?
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