{"id":395163,"date":"2018-01-26T17:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T17:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395163"},"modified":"2020-01-31T11:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T11:04:52","slug":"effective-living-series-rev-ade-acquahs-lessons-on-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395163","title":{"rendered":"Effective Living Series: Rev. Ade-Acquah’s lessons on values"},"content":{"rendered":"

The curtains came down on Citi FM’s<\/strong> 2018 edition of the Effective Living Series on Thursday, January 25, with a session on values; what they are and the right kind of values to inculcate in oneself.<\/p>\n

Rev. Bernard Ade-Acquah of Powerhouse Ministries International, took listeners through the challenging journey of understanding what values are, making it a priority and inculcating it.<\/p>\n

He defined values as \u201cintangible attributes that you consider important in influencing your choices and actions, and which eventually create the environment of building a society.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, values are some of the most important things in one’s area of work and family.<\/p>\n

He stated that, values help a person\u00a0choose between competing interests, adding that what drives a person’s daily actions will be determined by what they value the most.<\/p>\n

Rev. Ade-Acquah also advised that, it was important not to make decisions based on one’s feelings, but rather one’s values.<\/p>\n

He noted that, values are not taught in schools, but rather at home by one’s family.<\/p>\n

\u201cValues come from the essence of life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, values differ in every home, but the very common ones you will find in every home include respect, honesty, kindness, courage, perseverance and dependability.<\/p>\n

He also noted that, a person\u2019s value is distorted when they put themselves first in their daily dealings.<\/p>\n

According to him, integrity and truth are the core foundation of values which should be enforced, adding that a solid family should be built on those core values.<\/p>\n

Respect as a value in practice must involve \u201cacknowledging people who are more senior to you, people who were there before you, and who have done something you are benefiting from,\u201d Ade-Acquah said.<\/p>\n

Excellence is also a value which involves improving on yourself and wanting more for yourself in a way that elevates your current situation to a better one, the reverend added.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcellence is an innate\u00a0value for you to want better things for yourself, so I want an improvement in my life, I want to add value to what I am doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prioritizing values create sanitized environments and develop a nation, he noted.<\/p>\n

Listen to\u00a0Rev. Bernard Ade-Acquah’s full session on values below<\/strong><\/p>\n