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    Spoiled Identity?: Break Every Chain for the Future Generation
    Spoiled Identity?: Break Every Chain for the Future Generation
    Spoiled Identity?: Break Every Chain for the Future Generation
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    Spoiled Identity?: Break Every Chain for the Future Generation

    By Emelda Rusike Denenga

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    Many people endure lives of quiet desperation— self-imprisoned—and with little hope. There is a way out.

    In her book Spoiled Identity, Emelda Rusike Denenga is a witness to the truth that with God, nothing is impossible. She has seen cancer, mental illness, and invalidism disappear when the name of Jesus is called upon.

    Denenga poses important questions like:• In whom do you put your true identity—Jesus or the world?
    • How can you resist the devil and make him flee?
    • What spiritual warfare weapons do you have at your disposal?
     Break the chains that trap you in an unfruitful and discouraging life.

    Shut the door in the enemy’s face today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCreation House
    Release dateAug 22, 2017
    ISBN9781629992068
    Spoiled Identity?: Break Every Chain for the Future Generation

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      Spoiled Identity? - Emelda Rusike Denenga

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      Introduction

      When we look around our lives, there seems to be a lot of confusion and ignorance regarding our purpose here on Earth. True identity has been spoiled. We may have different societal beliefs, but we all have the same purpose for living. We have lived lives of bondage, allowing ourselves to be imprisoned. Changes in our cultures and values have led to many break ups in marriages and families. Many people have shifted from being God-fearing and are now tossed by the winds of this world, which is against God’s purpose and plan for His children. There are careless lifestyles and much confusion in civilization.

      We do not need to think long about why there are such changes. The fear of the Lord is regarded as old fashioned not only by those outside the church but also by those who attend church services religiously. A relationship with God helps us know and understand what it means to be a vessel unto honor for God, as His best.

      MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

      This book is based on some personal life experiences that have compelled me to write. I have also included life stories from other people I know. Let me start by giving some background about myself, including how I grew up and the important role my parents played in my life. My story shows that parents can have a significant impact in their children’s lives; unknowingly, they can either curse or bless a child.

      As a young girl growing up, I saw that my parents were concerned about my everyday life and my future. They wanted me to be the best in everything I did. They were delighted to see me be like other young girls at school in personality and accomplishments.

      Peer pressure influenced me to not focus on my future and education, so I obtained poor results at the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) while others pursued their education with good results. My dad was upset with me and vowed not to pay fees for me to re-sit my GCSE.

      One day, my dad went to an office in Gweru, a town in my home country, and a secretary served him at the reception desk; that marked a new beginning in my life. While he waited for the manager, he noticed that the secretary was using touch-typing. My dad admired her and thought that I should take that course. When he came home, he told me what he had seen and encouraged me to learn touch-typing so that I could work one day in big organizations. This experience made him realize that he was not helping to build my future by refusing to fund my further education, and he decided to send me to a secretarial course at a college instead of helping me re-sit my failed GCSE. Before he enrolled me in this course, he said he wanted to speak with me. He told me how important it was for me to value my future and to refrain from spending time with friends who had a bad influence on me. I was persuaded that I needed to take life seriously and to focus on a better life, achieved through education and God-fearing decisions. I then chose to try again, proving to my parents that I could do better than my previous failure.

      My father made this decision while I was expecting my first child. Prior to this, I had gotten married according to our African culture. My dad did not regard his responsibility to further my education as over just because I was already someone’s wife. He told me that he was empowering me with education, which I had missed before, so that I would not be a wife without any qualifications or profession in the modern day, which sees women occupying many positions in our economy. He sent me to an expensive college for better training. I then proved to my parents that I appreciated my second chance and worked hard to achieve good results.

      Through my personal life story, I have learned that parents and guardians play a big role in shaping a child’s future. A holistic approach will shape the well-being of children and our future generation; this approach includes parental counseling and praying, the influence of the school system, and educational policies.

      I have worked in different big organizations, including law firms, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the University of Zimbabwe. My older brother Ngoni also helped to shape me. The night before my first interview for an office position, he coached me. He taught me how important it is one to work on personality when going for a job interview; not only does one’s appearance matter, so does walking, laughing, listening, talking, and being confident.

      At the University of Zimbabwe, I worked in various departments as a secretary. I had to balance work and my studies while pursuing my GCSE because the University of Zimbabwe had an evening school, which accommodated GCSE part-time studies. I studied for my GCSE and persisted with my education while I had two children.

      My studying continued at the university level when I had three grandchildren. My children were studying at university while I was also going through university studies in England, having relocated there from my home country of Zimbabwe. My parents and my siblings have been proud of me ever since.

      My past mistake of dropping out of school did not stop me from achieving what I wanted. It does not matter how life pulls you down; if you have faith in God and hold on to your faith, believing that you can do it, all things are possible with God to those who believe. I am now pursuing the development of more than one business; I have made a choice that I would like to be an employer and not an employee.

      When we were young, my siblings and I used to ride from town to the village most weekends with my dad in his car. On our way, women who were driving cars would sometimes overtake us. My dad used to point these women out to us if we failed to observe them. He encouraged me (being the eldest girl in the family) that I could also drive like those ladies when I grew up. Years later, I went for driving lessons and passed after three failures. I persevered because my parents kept encouraging me that I could do it; I passed my road test on the fourth try and managed to buy my own car. My first car was a MINI Cooper, and I remember my parents being very excited about it.

      That experience taught me that if children are motivated from a tender age, a seed of progress and success is planted in their lives. My dad also taught me when I was young that I should learn to make decisions on my own and not rely on parents, brothers, sisters, friends, uncles, or any other close relation. He told me that one day I could be living far away from my relatives, outside my home country, with no one to turn to for help. He said that there were other grown-up children who had left their parents to go abroad. When they were there, they were faced with challenges, which required that they appear in court. Because they were trained to be self-sufficient, they never consulted anyone and successfully managed to deal with issues on their own. This also came to pass with me.

      Children are never to be forsaken when they do things that hurt or embarrass their parents. If parents forsake their children because of bad character or behavior, chances are that they will get worse advice from the wrong people. This sometimes results in family breakups or the isolation of children from the family. Sometimes, if we are not careful, bonding might be affected, and to mend or repair it might be a challenge. It is the parents’ responsibility to mold and shape their children’s future in order to create a successful future generation. If every parent were truly responsible for his or her children, female or male, we would change the world. Faith groups and educational materials from the government can also contribute to a solid

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