3. Introduction
• According to the Merriam Webster dictionary,
virtue as conformity to a standard of right :
MORALITY, a commendable quality or trait as
against the word vice which means a habitual and
usually trivial defect or shortcoming. Virtues are
the essence of our character and character does
indeed determine destiny.
5. Excellence
• The oxford dictionary defines excellence as the
quality of being outstanding or extremely good.
6. • Some scholars have viewed excellence from
different perspectives.
• 1. John W. Gardner says Excellence is doing
ordinary things extraordinarily well.
• Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
• Ralph Marston
• Excellence is a continuous process and not an
accident.
• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
7. Excellence in all Spheres of Life
• 1. Academics
• 2. Workplace
• 3. Business
• 4. Personal
• 5. Governance
• 6. Spiritual excellence
8. • In our society, there are men who are excellent in
what they do;
• Dangote
• Adeleke
• Ganiyu Oboh etc
9. • In the Bible we have
• Joseph (economics)
• Moses (leadership)
• David (Warcraft),
13. Background Contd.
• God's Promise
• For thus says Jehovah, ‘When seventy years have
been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and
fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to
this place. (Je 29:10)
14. Method of Fulfillment
• I have aroused him (King Cyrus) in righteousness
and I will make all his ways smooth; He will build
My city (Jerusalem) and will let My exiles go free
(after 70 years of Babylonian captivity), without any
payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts. (Is
45:13).
17. Aramaic Meaning of
• to conquer, to excel.
• to lift, bear, take, carry
• (P’al) to take
• (Ithpael) to make a rising, make an insurrection to
be enduring.
20. • Bible in Basic English
• 6:3 Then this Daniel did his work better than the
chief rulers and the captains, because there was a
special spirit in him; and it was the king’s purpose
to put him over all the kingdom.
21. A Balance
• 1. Academics
• 2. Workplace
• 3. Business
• 4. Personal
• 5. Governance
• 6. Spiritual excellence
22. • Anonymous
• A trained professional in any field of study whose
training isdevoid of the God factor authomatically
becomes a trained Devil.
• Because we are bent towards evil, towards
corruption thus, the God factore helps to put us on
the right track.v
23. Why Do we need spiritual
Excellence
• Spiritual strength can help you overcome hardships
• It connects you to the source of all other kinds of
excellence.
• Improving social connection
• Better coping with stress
• Bring meaning to your life, which does lead to greater
happiness
• Feeling more inclined towards gratitude
• Developing and growing in more positive relationships
24. Conclusion
• There is a need to connect to God in all our
endeavours (academics, governance, business,
workplace)
• The balance in excellence needed is to combine
other kinds of excellence with spiritual excellence
and in so doing, we become complete men and
women of excellence.
25. Alter Call
• To become excellent in whatever you do
• Not neglecting therole of spiritual excellence in
making u distinctive from others
• Rise as we pray and dedicate ourselves to God.
