{"id":5757,"date":"2026-02-12T21:55:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1nebody.com\/staging\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:57:26","slug":"positioning-for-opportunities-pastor-debo-omotunde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nebody.com\/staging\/positioning-for-opportunities-pastor-debo-omotunde\/","title":{"rendered":"Positioning for Opportunities \u2013 Pastor Debo Omotunde"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello 1nebody,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank God for seeing us through another wonderful week. I trust that you are having a great week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I am reviewing a sermon titled,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mTp2UYwtUxw&amp;list=PLbu_kugPAMyWUUuGNTNUk0XkRGEuLsqF0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Positioning for Opportunities by Pastor Debo Omotunde<\/a>\u00a0of Elevation Church, Lagos. If you want an alternative title, it will be Overcoming Self-imposed Limitations. You will understand why when you listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think I can do the sermon justice with my short review, so I encourage you to listen to it after reading this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Debo started out by establishing the fact that we must overcome self-imposed limitations if we are to discern and take advantage of God-given opportunities. We must continue to work at it as Paul admonishes in Phil 2:12-13 because our transformation is a journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are self-imposed limitations, you might ask?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-imposed limitation is what Pastor Debo describes as being in \u2018a state of learned helplessness.\u2019 He went further to define learned helplessness as a state where someone feels they are unable to do anything about their situation or accomplish anything because they\u2019ve attributed it to internal factors hinged on past bad experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You need to GET OUT of this state!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went ahead to share the symptoms of learned helplessness. These are the ways this state of the mind shows up in our daily lives unsuspected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Avoiding decisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving up quickly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of motivation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Passive behaviour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Low self-esteem<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Procrastination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Being more conscious of limitations than opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So, now that we are aware of these silent killers, how do we overcome them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have guessed it, by faith and through the word. Pastor Debo stressed that we must have a renewal of our minds through the word of God. He says that when we walk by faith, it means we are living dependently on the word of God. If we walk by sight, we will be defeated. So, we must stay anchored in the Word, so that we can see every situation through God\u2019s lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, he said something profound, which gives living dependent on the word of God a clearer perspective.<em><strong>\u201cWhen you give your life, you are set free, but when you know the truth, you are made free.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0I have translated that to mean that you can be set free and still live like you are in bondage because you don\u2019t know any better. So, you have been set free, but because you haven\u2019t meditated on the word and let the truth come alive in you, you self-sabotage and impose these limitations on yourself because even though you are free, you don\u2019t know it for a fact yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, these are some of the ways of overcoming that Pastor Debo shared:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Consciously cultivate new habits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constraining yourself to a life of study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly, there are too many profound moments in this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mTp2UYwtUxw&amp;list=PLbu_kugPAMyWUUuGNTNUk0XkRGEuLsqF0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">message<\/a>&nbsp;to cover. So, I strongly recommend you watch it. The message starts at&nbsp;53:46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God bless,<br><em>Dasola<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello 1nebody, Thank God for seeing us through another wonderful week. I trust that you are having a great week. Today, I am reviewing a sermon titled,\u00a0Positioning for Opportunities by Pastor Debo Omotunde\u00a0of Elevation Church, Lagos. If you want an alternative title, it will be Overcoming Self-imposed Limitations. You will understand why when you listen. 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