This is the extended trailer for Focus on the Family's The Truth Project. The Truth Project is an innovative DVD curriculum that teaches viewers how to develop a systematic and comprehensive biblical world view. Educator Dr. Del Tackett is both engaging and winsome as he teaches Christians to apply biblical truths to every area of life.
The Christian world view can be summed up in a single phrase: "Jesus is Lord" -- which is the first creed of Christianity. Understanding Christ's lordship over all of life is no easy task. Yet, once we begin to understand that all of life--not just "church" life--is of intense interest to God, we are able to bring a renewed sense of purpose to our lives and faith. The Lordship of Christ does not allow us to ignore art, politics, or literature, any more than it allows us to ignore the lost, hungry, sick, or the poor. Only by seeing the world through God's eyes, or what we call "thinking Christianity," will we understand our mandate to redeem the fullness of our culture and reach out to a dying world. Bottom line: our interests can be no smaller than God's.
Dr. Tackett is president of the Focus on the Family Institute and former Executive Vice President to Focus on the Family. He also is an adjunct professor at New Geneva Theological Seminary and Summit Ministries. Dr. Tackett served over 20 years in the United States Air Force and served at the White House during the George H. W. Bush administration where he was appointed by President Bush as the director of technical planning for the National Security Council. Following his service at the White House, he served in various senior analyst and manager capacities at Kaman Sciences Corporation and ITT Industries. He is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.
For more information regarding The Truth Project go to
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Dani Johnson Interviewed By Benny Hinn
Regardless of your opinion of Benny Hinn, these interviews are so powerful from this week's shows. Some of you are familiar with Dani Johnson. Set aside time this week to watch these. Dani Johnson is an excellent mentor and her new book Spirit Driven Success is a must read. I cannot encourage you more to do so. She does one of the best jobs of covering biblical success principles in the marketplace. Yes, there are 1,500 scriptures dealing with finances.
Dani is not a pastor and she does not even call her business a ministry yet tens of thousands are coming to receive the truth in Christ while seeking success training in a business setting.
If you know people in your life dealing with a poverty mindset, or a lottery mindset, message #2 is powerful. Follow the fruit to the root and deal with those issues. Take notes on key things the Holy Spirit is saying to you.
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Here is my promise. If you are not blessed by these videos, I will give you your money back--just kidding they are free. Have a blessed week.
Be Encouraged,
Mike Melvin
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Friday, January 11, 2008
The Call Of The Entrepreneur
Our imagination is a great gift from God. We can let the enemy defeat
us with it or let God inspire us with it. We can imagine all kinds of
what if's that will fill us with fear. Or we can say Lord what if I
stepped out of my comfort zone and just did it. Dare to believe I can
do, what you said I could do. Greater works than you. You said I
could do the impossible. You said I could move mountains.
Acton Institute seeks to articulate a vision of society that is both free and virtuous,the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is named after the great English historian, Lord John Acton (1834-1902). He is best known for his famous remark: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Inspired by his work on the relation between liberty and morality.
us with it or let God inspire us with it. We can imagine all kinds of
what if's that will fill us with fear. Or we can say Lord what if I
stepped out of my comfort zone and just did it. Dare to believe I can
do, what you said I could do. Greater works than you. You said I
could do the impossible. You said I could move mountains.
Acton Institute seeks to articulate a vision of society that is both free and virtuous,the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is named after the great English historian, Lord John Acton (1834-1902). He is best known for his famous remark: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Inspired by his work on the relation between liberty and morality.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Arch Bonnema Shares On Noah's Ark Discovery In Iran
How many times have you yawned at the claim "Noah's Ark has been discovered"? Right, you say, and Elvis has been sighted again, too. People who hoped to find the famous vessel and the legendary voice have been pretty much in the same boat (so to speak). No proof. Until today.
Led by explorer and adventurer Dr. Bob Cornuke, a fourteen-man crew returned summer 2006 from Iran bearing stunning evidence they may have found the long-anticipated and coveted discovery of the remains of Noah's Ark. The team consisted of a "Who's Who" of business, law, and ministry leaders including Barry Rand (former CEO of Avis), the author and Christian apologist Josh McDowell, Frank Turek (co-author with Norm Geisler of I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist), Boone Powell (former CEO of Baylor Medical Systems), and Arch Bonnema (president of Joshua Financial).
The unusual object is perched on a slope 13,120 feet above sea level. After studying the discovery site, Bonnema observed, "These beams not only look like petrified wood, they are so impressive that they look like real wood. This is an amazing discovery that may be the oldest shipwreck in recorded history."
The team returned to the U.S. from rugged mountains in Iran with astonishing video footage of a monstrous black formation which looks like rock but bears the amazing image of hundreds of massive, wooden, hand-hewn beams. Could it be the lost ark on which two of every animal once sailed with their human rescuer?
Other evidence includes the discovery of what looks like an ancient stone altar higher up the mountain, with pottery shards around the base – possibly the location of the altar Noah built as recorded in Genesis 8:20. After returning from the trip, the team received phone calls from scientists around the world saying that the most ancient DNA of both horses and grapes have been traced to the very valley at the foot of this mountain. Genesis 9:20 states, “Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.” And could it be “coincidence” that within 25 miles of this location there is found every major ecosystem helpful to man and animals so all could quickly find their place and flourish, be fruitful, and multiply, as commanded by God in Genesis 9:1?
We recently had the honor of meeting Arch Bonnema in person at the Fall 2006 Mindset Mentoring Conference (Advantage Conferences, LLC) in Dallas, TX. Mr. Bonnema recounted the adventure of his life, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Tears flowed as he spoke of counting the cost of obeying God’s call, as they were all told to put their affairs in order and say good-bye to family and friends before leaving for Iran, probably the most dangerous place in the world for Americans to travel, not knowing whether they would ever be back.
As a private effort of Arch & Sherry Bonnema of Texas started funding projects to restore the lives of orphans in the most desperate third world countries. The mission has grown as it has teamed up with other orphan focused organizations.
For more information on Arch Bonnema and his ministry efforts
http://myhouseministries.org
Led by explorer and adventurer Dr. Bob Cornuke, a fourteen-man crew returned summer 2006 from Iran bearing stunning evidence they may have found the long-anticipated and coveted discovery of the remains of Noah's Ark. The team consisted of a "Who's Who" of business, law, and ministry leaders including Barry Rand (former CEO of Avis), the author and Christian apologist Josh McDowell, Frank Turek (co-author with Norm Geisler of I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist), Boone Powell (former CEO of Baylor Medical Systems), and Arch Bonnema (president of Joshua Financial).
The unusual object is perched on a slope 13,120 feet above sea level. After studying the discovery site, Bonnema observed, "These beams not only look like petrified wood, they are so impressive that they look like real wood. This is an amazing discovery that may be the oldest shipwreck in recorded history."
The team returned to the U.S. from rugged mountains in Iran with astonishing video footage of a monstrous black formation which looks like rock but bears the amazing image of hundreds of massive, wooden, hand-hewn beams. Could it be the lost ark on which two of every animal once sailed with their human rescuer?
Other evidence includes the discovery of what looks like an ancient stone altar higher up the mountain, with pottery shards around the base – possibly the location of the altar Noah built as recorded in Genesis 8:20. After returning from the trip, the team received phone calls from scientists around the world saying that the most ancient DNA of both horses and grapes have been traced to the very valley at the foot of this mountain. Genesis 9:20 states, “Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.” And could it be “coincidence” that within 25 miles of this location there is found every major ecosystem helpful to man and animals so all could quickly find their place and flourish, be fruitful, and multiply, as commanded by God in Genesis 9:1?
We recently had the honor of meeting Arch Bonnema in person at the Fall 2006 Mindset Mentoring Conference (Advantage Conferences, LLC) in Dallas, TX. Mr. Bonnema recounted the adventure of his life, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Tears flowed as he spoke of counting the cost of obeying God’s call, as they were all told to put their affairs in order and say good-bye to family and friends before leaving for Iran, probably the most dangerous place in the world for Americans to travel, not knowing whether they would ever be back.
As a private effort of Arch & Sherry Bonnema of Texas started funding projects to restore the lives of orphans in the most desperate third world countries. The mission has grown as it has teamed up with other orphan focused organizations.
For more information on Arch Bonnema and his ministry efforts
http://myhouseministries.org
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Your Actions will always follow your beliefs
I heard a story one time ....about 2 farmers who desperately needed Rain. They both prayed for rain but only one of them went out to prepare his fields to receive it. Which one do you think trusted God to send the rain?
It’s obvious....”The one who went out and prepared his fields for it!”
My question to you is....
“Which one are you?”
The Rain is Coming! We have all been praying for it! We have planted seeds! The rain is a sign of God’s blessings....but not only that...it is a sign of God’s favor and approval on what we are doing!
Prepare for rain! Put your umbrella down. Get out and keep sowing! There is a sound of abundance of rain! There is a sign of the greatest harvest you will ever know!
Your Actions will always follow your beliefs.If you accept defeat then that’s what you will get. Jesus has not called you to accept anything but victory, success and abundant life. If you accept victory, success and abundant life, then that’s what you’ll get.
Remember....YES YOU CAN!
It’s obvious....”The one who went out and prepared his fields for it!”
My question to you is....
“Which one are you?”
The Rain is Coming! We have all been praying for it! We have planted seeds! The rain is a sign of God’s blessings....but not only that...it is a sign of God’s favor and approval on what we are doing!
Prepare for rain! Put your umbrella down. Get out and keep sowing! There is a sound of abundance of rain! There is a sign of the greatest harvest you will ever know!
Your Actions will always follow your beliefs.If you accept defeat then that’s what you will get. Jesus has not called you to accept anything but victory, success and abundant life. If you accept victory, success and abundant life, then that’s what you’ll get.
Remember....YES YOU CAN!
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Christ’s Five Success Scriptures
What was Jesus’ secret? He succeeded in everything he did. He was the original networker. Look at scripture to find amazing strategies that will help you in everything you do. Christ had certain tactics he utilized in the super & the natural.
Christ’s Five Success Scriptures
We can learn for networking, creating organizations, talking to people.
Christ sets the bar in integrity, honesty, spirituality, what we should do.
Only one way to achieve ‘best success’ – through power & glory of Christ.
1. John 1:36-37 Jesus asked disciples following him “What do you want?” Asking in spiritual/supernatural way, He already knew what they wanted & where they were.
• He was always starting conversations that pulled people in. Focuses on what they want, not what you want.
Any kind of question that focuses on their interests will pull people in. The more interested you are in people, the more they’ll be interested in you. Engage the person’s mind and imagination. Ask Christ to help you. Emulate what Jesus did, study the scriptures, take it into your business.
Jesus was interested in how he could help/transform people. We must be willing to engage in conversation but turn it into transformational time, something that transforms people’s lives. Jesus was all about teaching people Kingdom principles.
• Jesus was always on-message 100%. Must connect to Holy Spirit to stay on-message & not distracted.
• Be aware of who’s around you. Scan the room to see who you could connect with, create a conversation that pulls them in. Create magnetism about your conversation, ask the Lord to put His words in your mouth, prayer over every appointment, every phone call. He’ll compel you to talk to the right person.
It’s time we move God’s realm more into the marketplace, be proud to be Christian networkers.
2. John 1:38-39 Disciples followed Him to where He was staying & spent the day with Him.
• Jesus was willing to open up to new people & find out how He could help them. Knew how to network & understood that’s what He should do to plant more seeds.
We have a powerful message with AC that must get out to the masses, the power of relationship with Jesus.
Take the lead in conversation and have a ‘host’ mentality, take control, engage with questions, welcome people in, introduce people to each other. Most people are too fearful to do that. Jesus always directed the conversation.
God wants you to become hugely successful with your business, we must let Him be God. He cares about every detail.
3. John 1: 41-42
First thing Andrew did was go to his brother & said “We’ve found the Messiah!”
Jesus created massive impact with people because of His spiritual glory, radiated the Father.
If you want new reps to go immediately & talk to people, you must create impact.
When you operate your business in the glory of God, then that becomes your compass, the Spirit goes before you.
Jesus radiated such impact that people started talking about Him, wanted to introduce people to Him. People brought their loved ones to Him & the power of the same Spirit is within us.
Concept of ‘automatic networking’ – impact that we carry with H.S. with us, people will automatically think of who they can introduce to you.
If it’s not happening, ask the Lord to build that power within you.
If you touch people’s emotions, hope, & destiny, they’ll bring their friends.
Jesus gave Simon a new name, Peter, the Rock. Christ spoke out changes that were available in each life, could give people a new image of themselves in a single word.
We have to be able to show people what they CAN be, more than they are now.
“I wish you could see you through my eyes. You would see somebody totally different.”
See the goodness, strength, power in others, not limited by where they are right now. Took labels OFF people & put His vision in them.
His name, His glory, His image – we can operate in Him beyond limits & beyond imagination in order to move forward.
Take labels off yourself -- ‘struggler’ -- and become ‘victor’ waiting on the victory.
Labels can’t stay in your heart if He’s there, ie ‘loser,’ ‘average,’ etc. Jesus wants to transform your label to something totally different. Let Him re-label you to who you really are in Christ.
4. John 1: 43 Jesus told Philip ‘Follow Me.’ He was always moving, looking for new people, the ultimate fisher of men.
Do a ‘pattern interrupt.’ Go somewhere new, see new faces, hold new conversations, talk to new people.
Jesus was always on the search for who He could transform.
Not a whole dialogue, just a simple message. Power of brevity. If you understand the power that lies within you, you don’t need a complicated message. It’s not what you say, but how you say it.
God has a plan for every single person to become the person He sees you as. He wants you to move in the power of God this week, take one scripture & start developing how you’re going to employ it in your business.
Which one do you need to connect with most? Focus on one each day & get better at it.
Any one of them could explode your business if you network like Jesus.
If you could create ‘automatic networking’ in your life, then amazing things will happen.
Walk in love, even when people aren’t ready to accept our message. Light will always drown out darkness.
Christian Success Principles – DVD set from Christian Success Institute
Doug Firebaugh
http://www.SuccessChurch.com
http://www.TheOriginalNetworker.com
Christ’s Five Success Scriptures
We can learn for networking, creating organizations, talking to people.
Christ sets the bar in integrity, honesty, spirituality, what we should do.
Only one way to achieve ‘best success’ – through power & glory of Christ.
1. John 1:36-37 Jesus asked disciples following him “What do you want?” Asking in spiritual/supernatural way, He already knew what they wanted & where they were.
• He was always starting conversations that pulled people in. Focuses on what they want, not what you want.
Any kind of question that focuses on their interests will pull people in. The more interested you are in people, the more they’ll be interested in you. Engage the person’s mind and imagination. Ask Christ to help you. Emulate what Jesus did, study the scriptures, take it into your business.
Jesus was interested in how he could help/transform people. We must be willing to engage in conversation but turn it into transformational time, something that transforms people’s lives. Jesus was all about teaching people Kingdom principles.
• Jesus was always on-message 100%. Must connect to Holy Spirit to stay on-message & not distracted.
• Be aware of who’s around you. Scan the room to see who you could connect with, create a conversation that pulls them in. Create magnetism about your conversation, ask the Lord to put His words in your mouth, prayer over every appointment, every phone call. He’ll compel you to talk to the right person.
It’s time we move God’s realm more into the marketplace, be proud to be Christian networkers.
2. John 1:38-39 Disciples followed Him to where He was staying & spent the day with Him.
• Jesus was willing to open up to new people & find out how He could help them. Knew how to network & understood that’s what He should do to plant more seeds.
We have a powerful message with AC that must get out to the masses, the power of relationship with Jesus.
Take the lead in conversation and have a ‘host’ mentality, take control, engage with questions, welcome people in, introduce people to each other. Most people are too fearful to do that. Jesus always directed the conversation.
God wants you to become hugely successful with your business, we must let Him be God. He cares about every detail.
3. John 1: 41-42
First thing Andrew did was go to his brother & said “We’ve found the Messiah!”
Jesus created massive impact with people because of His spiritual glory, radiated the Father.
If you want new reps to go immediately & talk to people, you must create impact.
When you operate your business in the glory of God, then that becomes your compass, the Spirit goes before you.
Jesus radiated such impact that people started talking about Him, wanted to introduce people to Him. People brought their loved ones to Him & the power of the same Spirit is within us.
Concept of ‘automatic networking’ – impact that we carry with H.S. with us, people will automatically think of who they can introduce to you.
If it’s not happening, ask the Lord to build that power within you.
If you touch people’s emotions, hope, & destiny, they’ll bring their friends.
Jesus gave Simon a new name, Peter, the Rock. Christ spoke out changes that were available in each life, could give people a new image of themselves in a single word.
We have to be able to show people what they CAN be, more than they are now.
“I wish you could see you through my eyes. You would see somebody totally different.”
See the goodness, strength, power in others, not limited by where they are right now. Took labels OFF people & put His vision in them.
His name, His glory, His image – we can operate in Him beyond limits & beyond imagination in order to move forward.
Take labels off yourself -- ‘struggler’ -- and become ‘victor’ waiting on the victory.
Labels can’t stay in your heart if He’s there, ie ‘loser,’ ‘average,’ etc. Jesus wants to transform your label to something totally different. Let Him re-label you to who you really are in Christ.
4. John 1: 43 Jesus told Philip ‘Follow Me.’ He was always moving, looking for new people, the ultimate fisher of men.
Do a ‘pattern interrupt.’ Go somewhere new, see new faces, hold new conversations, talk to new people.
Jesus was always on the search for who He could transform.
Not a whole dialogue, just a simple message. Power of brevity. If you understand the power that lies within you, you don’t need a complicated message. It’s not what you say, but how you say it.
God has a plan for every single person to become the person He sees you as. He wants you to move in the power of God this week, take one scripture & start developing how you’re going to employ it in your business.
Which one do you need to connect with most? Focus on one each day & get better at it.
Any one of them could explode your business if you network like Jesus.
If you could create ‘automatic networking’ in your life, then amazing things will happen.
Walk in love, even when people aren’t ready to accept our message. Light will always drown out darkness.
Christian Success Principles – DVD set from Christian Success Institute
Doug Firebaugh
http://www.SuccessChurch.com
http://www.TheOriginalNetworker.com
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Who Are You?
Definitions can be empowering, although usually they are limiting. Let’s start with how we define our self. The very way we think of our self is a huge determinant in what we are able to achieve and accomplish.
The world teaches us to define our self by our job. A job is only a small measure of who we/you are and is an extremely limiting factor to our very lives if we think of ourselves in terms of a job. Why is that?
* Jobs have finite, limited incomes that are part and parcel to the definition of the job. Defining yourself as “Your Job Title Here” pigeon-holes you into a certain income bracket.
* Jobs have time constraints (9:00 to 5:00; Monday thru Friday; fifty ‘work-weeks’ a year / two weeks vacation; lunch break). Defining yourself as a “Your Job Title Here” completely and invisibly (indiscernible) blocks off your calendar and schedule
* Jobs limit the time you are with your family and take precedence over that precious time. Is that acceptable? No, yet we allow that premise into our lives in the corporate world.
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Jobs limit family travel by virtue of the time and money-making schedule inherent to the job.
* Jobs require you to abdicate authority rather than take on more authority. This is the single biggest hurdle that corporate individuals have to mentally jump. We are permission oriented, which means we allow another person or entity to have control over us - someone else defines our life for us.
* Jobs have a single skill set that you are required to methodically implement day in and day out. You’re hired for those skills and not other skills that would enable you to expand your territories.
They teach you that you don’t have to be responsible for factors outside your particular skill set and job definition which realistically leads to “the buck never stopping” on your watch or in your domain. The buck stops elsewhere. It’s not my area of responsibility so it has to be someone else’s area of responsibility. Quickly following that premise is that “IT” is not my fault. I’m not to blame – someone else is.
There’s a new game that becomes not just a game, but a way of life and deeply ingrained mindset called, “The Blame Game”.
Entrepreneurs define themselves Distinctly & Differently from the way the masses do, and from the way they defined their selves in the past. Christ-centered Entrepreneurs define their selves through Christ the Great Creator, He Who is without limits, He who is beyond natural – which creates a definition that is greater and is in Supernatural terms.
Define yourselves in terms of He who loves fully because He is love - He who is infinite and infinitely powerful. He lives within us. We live within Him. “He” defines us. The kingdom of God defines us. Luke 17:21 This is a radical departure – make no mistake. Departure means leaving the former place. For us, it also means leaving the former way of life.
Be Encouraged
Mike Melvin
The world teaches us to define our self by our job. A job is only a small measure of who we/you are and is an extremely limiting factor to our very lives if we think of ourselves in terms of a job. Why is that?
* Jobs have finite, limited incomes that are part and parcel to the definition of the job. Defining yourself as “Your Job Title Here” pigeon-holes you into a certain income bracket.
* Jobs have time constraints (9:00 to 5:00; Monday thru Friday; fifty ‘work-weeks’ a year / two weeks vacation; lunch break). Defining yourself as a “Your Job Title Here” completely and invisibly (indiscernible) blocks off your calendar and schedule
* Jobs limit the time you are with your family and take precedence over that precious time. Is that acceptable? No, yet we allow that premise into our lives in the corporate world.
*
Jobs limit family travel by virtue of the time and money-making schedule inherent to the job.
* Jobs require you to abdicate authority rather than take on more authority. This is the single biggest hurdle that corporate individuals have to mentally jump. We are permission oriented, which means we allow another person or entity to have control over us - someone else defines our life for us.
* Jobs have a single skill set that you are required to methodically implement day in and day out. You’re hired for those skills and not other skills that would enable you to expand your territories.
They teach you that you don’t have to be responsible for factors outside your particular skill set and job definition which realistically leads to “the buck never stopping” on your watch or in your domain. The buck stops elsewhere. It’s not my area of responsibility so it has to be someone else’s area of responsibility. Quickly following that premise is that “IT” is not my fault. I’m not to blame – someone else is.
There’s a new game that becomes not just a game, but a way of life and deeply ingrained mindset called, “The Blame Game”.
Entrepreneurs define themselves Distinctly & Differently from the way the masses do, and from the way they defined their selves in the past. Christ-centered Entrepreneurs define their selves through Christ the Great Creator, He Who is without limits, He who is beyond natural – which creates a definition that is greater and is in Supernatural terms.
Define yourselves in terms of He who loves fully because He is love - He who is infinite and infinitely powerful. He lives within us. We live within Him. “He” defines us. The kingdom of God defines us. Luke 17:21 This is a radical departure – make no mistake. Departure means leaving the former place. For us, it also means leaving the former way of life.
Be Encouraged
Mike Melvin
Monday, November 26, 2007
Christian Entrepreneurs define themselves...
Entrepreneurs define themselves Distinctly & Differently from the way the masses do, and from the way they defined their selves in the past. Christ-centered Entrepreneurs define their selves through Christ the Great Creator, He Who is without limits, He who is beyond natural – which creates a definition that is greater and is in Supernatural terms. We define ourselves in terms of He who loves fully because He is love - He who is infinite and infinitely powerful. He lives within us. We live within Him. “He” defines us. The kingdom of God defines us. Luke 17:21 This is a radical departure – make no mistake. Departure means leaving the former place. For us, it also means leaving the former way of life.
“Anyone serious about living the “New Home” life and creating their New Home business must, first, think bigger than you ever have. Second, surround yourself with mentors, coaches and mastermind teams that think bigger than you do, make more money than you do, and have more or more varied experiences than you do. Third, know that when you act on these ambitions and make mistakes, stumble, even fail along the way, it is because you are acting on things that 99% of the population will never experience – or understand.” Ed O’Keefe
Be Encouraged
Mike Melvin
“Anyone serious about living the “New Home” life and creating their New Home business must, first, think bigger than you ever have. Second, surround yourself with mentors, coaches and mastermind teams that think bigger than you do, make more money than you do, and have more or more varied experiences than you do. Third, know that when you act on these ambitions and make mistakes, stumble, even fail along the way, it is because you are acting on things that 99% of the population will never experience – or understand.” Ed O’Keefe
Be Encouraged
Mike Melvin
NO NEED FOR GREED
Greed is an emotion/thought process: that must be eradicated from our mindset and especially our entrepreneurial thinking. Greed, in order to exist, requires the concept of limitation to be present, not abundance. When you live life in terms of God’s abundance there is no need for greed. Greed totally gloms up the wealth building process and the concept of adding value to society and God’s kingdom. It stops us emotionally from initiating and sustaining the “Going Out” process. If you have any semblance of greed, you MUST eradicate it immediately. Greed is a very common Giant of the worst pedigree. Greed is self-centered, and will:
1. Keep you from Making Money
2. Keep you from Adding Value to the Lives of Others
3. Cause You to Lose the Money You Have
4. Keep Key Partners away from You
Embracing, Expecting and Facilitating both going out and coming in: expecting and looking for ways to create is the way to create cash flow. Associate “joy”, “peace”, and “acceptance” with the idea of transactions. Greed doesn’t allow those emotions/concepts to juxtapose to the concept of transacting. Greed teaches us to fear transactions and be disgruntled about transactions – no better way to stop commerce and income than to fear transactions.
We should help other to actually live beyond that limited thinking and trade that past thinking for a new realm - New Home – purposely conceived, perpetuated, nourished and grown in our thought lives. This requires new, expanded thinking. It requires taking the old thinking and turning it upside down – transforming it and rearranging it backward to forward, left to right and right to left. It requires renewing of the mind – daily.
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - His good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Romans 12:2
Be Encouraged
Mike Melvin
1. Keep you from Making Money
2. Keep you from Adding Value to the Lives of Others
3. Cause You to Lose the Money You Have
4. Keep Key Partners away from You
Embracing, Expecting and Facilitating both going out and coming in: expecting and looking for ways to create is the way to create cash flow. Associate “joy”, “peace”, and “acceptance” with the idea of transactions. Greed doesn’t allow those emotions/concepts to juxtapose to the concept of transacting. Greed teaches us to fear transactions and be disgruntled about transactions – no better way to stop commerce and income than to fear transactions.
We should help other to actually live beyond that limited thinking and trade that past thinking for a new realm - New Home – purposely conceived, perpetuated, nourished and grown in our thought lives. This requires new, expanded thinking. It requires taking the old thinking and turning it upside down – transforming it and rearranging it backward to forward, left to right and right to left. It requires renewing of the mind – daily.
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - His good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Romans 12:2
Be Encouraged
Mike Melvin
Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Realm of Success Giants
Ever had "one of those days?"
You know... you look around, and your whole Success Structure you have worked so hard to build, appears to be falling apart... torn apart by "giants" that you cannot seem to handle?
You know...
Like the Giants of Procrastination...
The Giants of Fear...
The Giants of Indecision...
The Giants of Hesitation...
The Giants of Doubt...
The Giant of Clutter...
The Giant of "Roudtoit"... (I will get around to it)...
Oh...
And the biggest one of all...
The Gentle Giant of Excuses...
Job had his giants, and one was satan. Job was hit pretty hard by old Slewfoot, but yet, he rebounded back with twice as much as he had before...
How?
He trusted God in his Success journey, and knew that God would come through... eventually...
He ALWAYS does, as God is a faithful God!
Do you believe that? Job was put through a crash course of " Holy Trust School ... "
...God put him in a season of where he was FORCED to trust God and His Holy Wisdom... for His Success and restoration...
Is that where you may be today? Being forced to trust God? If you are currently taking that class... understand this...
There is no Giant bigger than, or even anywhere near as big as God.
Period.
And your Success Journey may be on a slow path right now, but there are no Giants that God cannot overcome...
You know what GIANT stands for?
"God's Intervention And Natural Triumph"
So if you are facing a Giant today... or face one later this week... know what Giant stands for... God WILL intervene!
And get out of His way as His Hand moves powerfully in your Success... and life...
As He making a SUCCESS GIANT out of YOU !!!!!
Holy Father,
Your size is incomprehensible. Your Hand holds the universe in the palm of it. You are so huge beyond our limited minds that we cannot comprehend your understanding of the word GIANT . Please move in my life and help me get the Giants out of my life so I may get more of You in my life. I know that David had his sling, so please give me a slingshot that can hold the pebbles of courage, and strength, and confidence, and belief, and power... Your Power Lord, to glorify You and the Trinity! Please let me hurl those stones today at my giants and let them fall Lord so that I may rise to the level that You want me to be in Success, as You are the Holy God of Israel! Praise You Lord and Glorify Your Name! Bless and Honor You Lord, and we lift You up to the Heavens! You are the Blessed One and the Rose of Sharon! Greatness is your Name! Glory to the Son! Hallelujah!!!!!
In Jesus' name, amen.
blessings...
Doug Firebaugh
You know... you look around, and your whole Success Structure you have worked so hard to build, appears to be falling apart... torn apart by "giants" that you cannot seem to handle?
You know...
Like the Giants of Procrastination...
The Giants of Fear...
The Giants of Indecision...
The Giants of Hesitation...
The Giants of Doubt...
The Giant of Clutter...
The Giant of "Roudtoit"... (I will get around to it)...
Oh...
And the biggest one of all...
The Gentle Giant of Excuses...
Job had his giants, and one was satan. Job was hit pretty hard by old Slewfoot, but yet, he rebounded back with twice as much as he had before...
How?
He trusted God in his Success journey, and knew that God would come through... eventually...
He ALWAYS does, as God is a faithful God!
Do you believe that? Job was put through a crash course of " Holy Trust School ... "
...God put him in a season of where he was FORCED to trust God and His Holy Wisdom... for His Success and restoration...
Is that where you may be today? Being forced to trust God? If you are currently taking that class... understand this...
There is no Giant bigger than, or even anywhere near as big as God.
Period.
And your Success Journey may be on a slow path right now, but there are no Giants that God cannot overcome...
You know what GIANT stands for?
"God's Intervention And Natural Triumph"
So if you are facing a Giant today... or face one later this week... know what Giant stands for... God WILL intervene!
And get out of His way as His Hand moves powerfully in your Success... and life...
As He making a SUCCESS GIANT out of YOU !!!!!
Holy Father,
Your size is incomprehensible. Your Hand holds the universe in the palm of it. You are so huge beyond our limited minds that we cannot comprehend your understanding of the word GIANT . Please move in my life and help me get the Giants out of my life so I may get more of You in my life. I know that David had his sling, so please give me a slingshot that can hold the pebbles of courage, and strength, and confidence, and belief, and power... Your Power Lord, to glorify You and the Trinity! Please let me hurl those stones today at my giants and let them fall Lord so that I may rise to the level that You want me to be in Success, as You are the Holy God of Israel! Praise You Lord and Glorify Your Name! Bless and Honor You Lord, and we lift You up to the Heavens! You are the Blessed One and the Rose of Sharon! Greatness is your Name! Glory to the Son! Hallelujah!!!!!
In Jesus' name, amen.
blessings...
Doug Firebaugh
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thanksgiving comes from love of God
"In 1636, amid the darkness of the Thirty Years' War, a German pastor, Martin Rinkart, is said to have buried five thousand of his parishioners in one year, an average of fifteen a day. His parish was ravaged by war, death, and economic disaster. In the heart of that darkness, with the cries of fear outside his window, he sat down and wrote this table grace for his children:
'Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices;
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom his world rejoices.
Who, from our mother's arms,
Hath led us on our way
With countless gifts of love
And still is ours today.'
Here was a man who knew thanksgiving comes from love of God,
not from outward circumstances."
May we all live a life that reflects that we are....................
ThankFul
'Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices;
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom his world rejoices.
Who, from our mother's arms,
Hath led us on our way
With countless gifts of love
And still is ours today.'
Here was a man who knew thanksgiving comes from love of God,
not from outward circumstances."
May we all live a life that reflects that we are....................
ThankFul
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Totally Awesome--Totally Awestruck
I was led to share this powerful Mindset Mentoring Conference testimonial from one of our team members, Pastor Ron Acker.
Team,
I am back in Colorado from the most powerful weekend that I have ever
experienced in my walk with the Lord in 30 years. I have been to
conferences, conventions, assemblies, retreats, revivals, crusades,
church services, etc. This weekend was so incredibly POWERFUL that I
am still in awe, awestruck by His Startling Love and Undeniable
Power, His Sweet Soul Stirring and Life Changing Presence that was
experienced by all! Wow! This is business/ministry and
ministry/business in an amazingly harmonious and focused Christ
Centered Enterprise. HE was there in the very midst, The Immanuel,
God With Us!
I am so thankful that the Lord allowed me to be a part of it all. I
am honored and humbled that He allowed me to experience a tremendous,
nothing short of amazing MMC! I am also thankful that I was able to
see so many of you again and meet so many precious new people that
the Lord has given us in the greatest business venture in the Kingdom
of God.
Thank you Tim, Laura, Jack, Charlie, Dawn, Dr Darnell, Tricia and
every guest speaker who contributed to make this the most powerful
event in my life.
Thank you most of all to the Lord God Almighty. His presence and
power were so wonderfully manifested in our very midst. I am a life
that has been changed! WOW! I think that we all feel that way! WOW!
I am so blessed by hearing and reading all of the life changing
testimonials of our Reps who were there. And now we have to get the
message out about all of this. I know that it is hard to put into
words because of the tremendous impact that we all experienced. God
will give us the words, the wisdom, the continued enthusiasm and the
vision to go forth and make it happen!
When God's leaders lead in His Direction - His people will follow.
I am the more blessed to have been at this MMC. Blessed Beyond
Measure!
Awestruck and Transformed,
Ron
Team,
I am back in Colorado from the most powerful weekend that I have ever
experienced in my walk with the Lord in 30 years. I have been to
conferences, conventions, assemblies, retreats, revivals, crusades,
church services, etc. This weekend was so incredibly POWERFUL that I
am still in awe, awestruck by His Startling Love and Undeniable
Power, His Sweet Soul Stirring and Life Changing Presence that was
experienced by all! Wow! This is business/ministry and
ministry/business in an amazingly harmonious and focused Christ
Centered Enterprise. HE was there in the very midst, The Immanuel,
God With Us!
I am so thankful that the Lord allowed me to be a part of it all. I
am honored and humbled that He allowed me to experience a tremendous,
nothing short of amazing MMC! I am also thankful that I was able to
see so many of you again and meet so many precious new people that
the Lord has given us in the greatest business venture in the Kingdom
of God.
Thank you Tim, Laura, Jack, Charlie, Dawn, Dr Darnell, Tricia and
every guest speaker who contributed to make this the most powerful
event in my life.
Thank you most of all to the Lord God Almighty. His presence and
power were so wonderfully manifested in our very midst. I am a life
that has been changed! WOW! I think that we all feel that way! WOW!
I am so blessed by hearing and reading all of the life changing
testimonials of our Reps who were there. And now we have to get the
message out about all of this. I know that it is hard to put into
words because of the tremendous impact that we all experienced. God
will give us the words, the wisdom, the continued enthusiasm and the
vision to go forth and make it happen!
When God's leaders lead in His Direction - His people will follow.
I am the more blessed to have been at this MMC. Blessed Beyond
Measure!
Awestruck and Transformed,
Ron
Monday, October 29, 2007
Handling Success
II Chronicles 16:16-31
by Tim Darnell
You are successful by virtue of God’s continual and abundant gifts of grace, provision, and love – all heaped upon you. The more you obey and love Him; the more you make Him the center of your life; and the more you are thankful for the many gifts he has given you, the more you will see Him amazingly at work in every aspect of your life.
Hezekiah was one of the few good kings of Judah to actually love, serve, and obey God as his predecessor, king David had. Scripture makes it clear that Hezekiah was victorious, innovative, and successful in all he undertook. God made Hezekiah look like a champion as the Assyrians were threatening to annihilate Jerusalem. He (God) intervened through many miracles and wonders to rescue the people of Judah. He also gave Hezekiah great riches and honor (v27).
I teach Christ-centered entrepreneurial and personal success as a profession and business. One of the points that you will hear often within the body of our extensive training is that success can actually be one of the worst things that can ever happen to a person if they are not very careful. The primary drawback to success is that it can easily take the place of serving and loving God. We can unwittingly become dependent on success – the accomplishment itself, rather than rightfully depending on God.
The fact is, few individuals handle success well. Why - because with accomplishment, wins, and/or financial gain, pride inevitably steps into the picture. Pride deceives us into thinking that our success is self-created. We get puffed up, thinking our talent, work, and special abilities are the reasons we’ve excelled. We start feeling invincible, and we stop being humble before God. We stop being grateful to Him for His mighty works, while thinking of our success as our own creation.
We can easily fall into the trap of thinking that “we’ve got it made”. But the fact is, we didn’t make the success. After our initial self-congratulations, we then become dependent on our accolades, titles, positions, and the material objects we’ve received in the process. Dependence on our success, or anything other than God Himself, is a major mistake!
Hezekiah was greatly esteemed by the people of Judah due to the fact that he was king at the time God performed many mighty miracles - most notably, delivering the land from their powerful enemies. But it wasn’t Hezekiah who was responsible for that success. Yes, he was in office and he received the accolades; but it was God who sent an angel to wipe out the opposing forces (see vv 20-22). Sennacherib, king of Assyria, had to withdraw in disgrace after he had taunted, threatened, and demeaned Hezekiah publicly. To make matters worse, the disgraced Assyrian king was soon-after killed at the sword of his own sons. The rescue of Judah, and Sennacherib’s demise were orchestrated and actuated by God, not Hezekiah.
Hezekiah, according to the worldly viewpoint of his countrymen and even his enemies, was greatly successful. But as we read on, the chronicler says that Hezekiah grew complacent in his success. He took his wealth and victories for granted. When one begins to take his/her success for granted, they tend to forget that it was only by God’s kindness (v25) that they were privileged to receive those signs, healings, and victories.
Today, despite your challenges, you are living a life of success, probably not on a numerical or positional scale that Hezekiah experienced. Nonetheless, you have great success in your life regardless of ledgers or comparisons. Your success, where you are right now, is something you should greatly appreciate and never take for granted. God has given you great miracles, signs, healings, and victories that you should be exceedingly thankful for, regardless of your socio-economic or power level.
Your success is not just a past or present phenomenon; your future also holds great promise as well. God has an exciting future for you – one of amplified miracles, favor, blessings, and wealth as you obey and love Him. You can trust in God’s goodness and abundance both now and forever.
The stern side of this message is that God is angered when we don’t recognize the good He has done for us. Hezekiah’s complacency and pride greatly angered God. Vs 25 states, “But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord’s wrath was on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.”
The story takes a good twist, however. Thankfully, “…Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the Lord’s wrath did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.” (V26)
How are you handling your success? Have you recognized it? Are you thankful to God for it, or are you like Hezekiah prior to his repenting? It is a serious folly to not be fully aware of the success that God has given us. It is also folly to not recognize that He is currently doing a magnificent work in our lives. We must constantly recognize our many blessings, and fall humbly on our knees before Him in expression of our sincere gratitude.
Psalm 24:1 makes it clear, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” That certainly is all-encompassing, and includes our very selves, as well as our success, accomplishments past, present, and future. He has bestowed many riches on us – many successes, and many miracles are occurring daily for you and for me.
Let us think of ourselves in terms of our success. Each of us has many victories to count and savor. And we continue to be successful as we recognize, love, obey, and depend upon our mighty God. He wants you to know that you are successful. He wants you to know that He is the source of that success. And He wants you to know that he is and always will be faithfully and consistently caring and providing for you.
That is super reason for our humble thanks and our constant adoration, and that is how we should be handling our success – today, right now. To Him be the glory - all praise and gratitude to the God of success, provision, rescue, power, miracles, and wonders!
* * * * * * * * * * *
Be Encouraged,
Mike Melvin
Fear Not
We have some incredible gifts within the body of Christ that are not being used. The following is absolutely beautiful. It touched me when I think of all the books to be written, songs to be written and sung, businesses to be built, that will never come to pass because people are in fear instead of faith. Fear not, as He is with you.
This is a story about a guy (car phone salesman), a guy like most of us, common, questioning his existence, measuring himself to others, never believing in his abilities or his worth. Then one day, his passion outgrew his fears as he stepped onto a stage, a stage that took him to a place beyond his self-imposed prison.
Watch the faces of the judges as this guy walks out on the stage. You can almost see what they are thinking as they pre-judge this guy based on his looks and the fact that he is a cell phone salesman. Maybe he had stopped believing in what people told him for so many years and ultimately started listening to his passion.
In Service,
Mike Melvin
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Fascinating Never-to-be-Forgotten Mentors
The Advantage Conferences Fall Mindset Mentoring Conference - November 9-10 in Dallas Texas, features six of the most incredibly fascinating and Godly
people I've ever had the privilege of meeting. I will give you
an overview of each one over the next few days.
On Saturday Nov 10 at 3:00 PM, we are extremely honored to host the
gentleman who has traveled the world searching for Biblical
artifacts. He's been on all the major networks (although he's
not allowed to discuss his faith in Christ on those shows) due
to his extensive discoveries as a world traveler, scientist, and
the leading authority on the location of Noah's Ark, The Ark of
the Covenant, Mount Sinai (where Moses received the Ten
Commandments in the presence of God - the mountain he's
discovered is burned just as scripture describes, with no other
scientific explanation other than the Biblical account), the
anchors that sank with the boat that the Apostle Paul was on
described in the book of Acts, and many more.
This is one of the most fascinating men you'll ever meet in your
life. Prepare to be amazed and literally mesmerized as he
discusses his journeys in vivid, exciting detail. The filmed
footage and pictures will astound you and you'll walk away with
a totally new, refreshed perspective on the Bible. He will
discuss his ministry/business in detail and explain how he's
funded it, operated it, dealt with never-ceasing obstacles, and
continues to pave the way as an archaeologist/scientist
reviewing the Word from a hands on, scientific and faith-filled
perspective.
One of our most powerful, millionaire speakers to date, Arch
Bonnema, included in his presentation last Fall the story of one
of the trips he went on in search of Noah's Ark.
Click Here To Watch
The Local News Coverage on that particular find
The gentleman I'm telling you about in this message is the owner
of the business/ministry that guided and organized that particular
journey - one of hundreds of adventurous, and many times
extremely dangerous explorations he's been on over the last
decades.
And, imagine, this gentleman is only one of Advantage Conference six Mentors for this particular event.I'll tell you about the other five over the next few days.
What's more, the upcoming Conference is only one of dozens of
mind-boggling experiences you will have with our totally unique,
God-ordained Company, Advantage Conferences.
people I've ever had the privilege of meeting. I will give you
an overview of each one over the next few days.
On Saturday Nov 10 at 3:00 PM, we are extremely honored to host the
gentleman who has traveled the world searching for Biblical
artifacts. He's been on all the major networks (although he's
not allowed to discuss his faith in Christ on those shows) due
to his extensive discoveries as a world traveler, scientist, and
the leading authority on the location of Noah's Ark, The Ark of
the Covenant, Mount Sinai (where Moses received the Ten
Commandments in the presence of God - the mountain he's
discovered is burned just as scripture describes, with no other
scientific explanation other than the Biblical account), the
anchors that sank with the boat that the Apostle Paul was on
described in the book of Acts, and many more.
This is one of the most fascinating men you'll ever meet in your
life. Prepare to be amazed and literally mesmerized as he
discusses his journeys in vivid, exciting detail. The filmed
footage and pictures will astound you and you'll walk away with
a totally new, refreshed perspective on the Bible. He will
discuss his ministry/business in detail and explain how he's
funded it, operated it, dealt with never-ceasing obstacles, and
continues to pave the way as an archaeologist/scientist
reviewing the Word from a hands on, scientific and faith-filled
perspective.
One of our most powerful, millionaire speakers to date, Arch
Bonnema, included in his presentation last Fall the story of one
of the trips he went on in search of Noah's Ark.
Click Here To Watch
The Local News Coverage on that particular find
The gentleman I'm telling you about in this message is the owner
of the business/ministry that guided and organized that particular
journey - one of hundreds of adventurous, and many times
extremely dangerous explorations he's been on over the last
decades.
And, imagine, this gentleman is only one of Advantage Conference six Mentors for this particular event.I'll tell you about the other five over the next few days.
What's more, the upcoming Conference is only one of dozens of
mind-boggling experiences you will have with our totally unique,
God-ordained Company, Advantage Conferences.
Monday, October 22, 2007
What legacy are you leaving?
What kind of legacy are you leaving behind?
What will people say about you when you are gone?
Those are questions that my mentor, asked of me.
We are all leaving behind a legacy. Everything we do and say is added to our legacy.
As Christians, our goal should be to glorify God, and advance His Kingdom.
From a financial standpoint, is the way we handle the money God has allowed us to have leaving a legacy that glorifies God? Is the way we give advancing the Kingdom of the Heavens?
Some thing we should think about it.
What will people say about you when you are gone?
Those are questions that my mentor, asked of me.
We are all leaving behind a legacy. Everything we do and say is added to our legacy.
As Christians, our goal should be to glorify God, and advance His Kingdom.
From a financial standpoint, is the way we handle the money God has allowed us to have leaving a legacy that glorifies God? Is the way we give advancing the Kingdom of the Heavens?
Some thing we should think about it.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Marketplace Ministry Reviewed
Jesus made 132 public appearances in the NT, 122 were in the marketplace. Out of the 52 parables Jesus told, 45 had a workplace context. Of the 40 divine interventions recorded in Acts, 39 were in the marketplace.
Jesus spent his adult life as a carpenter until age 30 before he went into a preaching ministry in the workplace. Jesus called 12 workplace individuals, not clergy, to build His church.
Work is Worship - The Hebrew word "Avodah" is the root word from which we get the words work and worship.
Work in its different forms is mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible, more than all the words used to express worship, music, praise, and singing combined.
"I believe that one of the next great moves of God is going to be through believers in the workplace." Dr. Billy Graham
"The spiritual manifests itself in a life which knows no division into sacred and secular." Oswald Chambers
"Spirituality in the workplace is exploding." Laura Nash, Business Ethicist, Harvard University
"God is marshalling his people in the workplace as never before in history. God is up to something. The next spiritual awakening could take place in the marketplace."
-Henry Blackaby
"There is a distinction between church work and the work of the church.
Church work is what you do for the organized institution of the church.
The work of the church is what is done between Sundays when the church is scattered all over the metropolitan area where it is located - in homes, schools, offices, on construction jobs, in market places." - Dick Halverson
"Workplace ministry will be one of the core future innovations in church ministry." George Barna, Boiling Point, Regal Publishing
"We reviewed 52 movements in the body of Christ. We narrowed it down to 28, then 12, then 4 to invest our resources in the coming years. The workplace is one of those because this is an area where we see God working." Chad Hammond, Director, New Ventures (division of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.)
"Our surveys reveal that 90-97% of Christians have never heard a sermon relating biblical principles to their work life." Doug Sherman, author, Your Work Matters to God.
"Societal transformation is high on God's agenda and the chief catalytic force to bring it about will be Christians ministering in the marketplace." C. Peter Wagner, Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute
"The church in the workplace is the purest form of the body of Christ today due to its diversity. Workplace believers are less prone to denominational differences because they have a common goal of representing Christ in their workplaces. The movement will break down denominational barriers that have been held in the past." Os Hillman, International Coalition of Workplace Ministries
"The most common self-inflicted put-down is 'I am not a pastor-I am just a layperson. This is all part of a clever satanic scheme to neutralize apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers along with the entire army of disciples, already positioned in the marketplace." Ed Silvoso, Anointed for Business, Harvest Evangelism
"Indeed, as with first-century Christianity, it all begins in the marketplace, where the disciples of Jesus daily rub shoulders with the
lost."- Bill McCartney, Promise Keepers, Anointed for Business, Regal Publishing
"In today's global community, the greatest channel of distribution for 'salt and light' is the business community - the marketplace." Bill Pollard, Chairman, Service Master
"Someone recently said that the "First" Reformation took the Word of God to the common man and woman; the "Second" Reformation is taking the work of God to the common man and woman. That time is now. The greatest potential ministry in the world today is the marketplace. Christ's greatest labor force is those men and women already in that environment." Tom Phillips, VP of Training , Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
"The workplace is where a majority of a church congregation, spends a majority of their time, interacting with a majority of the unchurched world. The Church on Monday is evidence that the Church on Sunday is real!" Doug Spada, His Church at Work.org
Be Encouraged,
Jesus spent his adult life as a carpenter until age 30 before he went into a preaching ministry in the workplace. Jesus called 12 workplace individuals, not clergy, to build His church.
Work is Worship - The Hebrew word "Avodah" is the root word from which we get the words work and worship.
Work in its different forms is mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible, more than all the words used to express worship, music, praise, and singing combined.
"I believe that one of the next great moves of God is going to be through believers in the workplace." Dr. Billy Graham
"The spiritual manifests itself in a life which knows no division into sacred and secular." Oswald Chambers
"Spirituality in the workplace is exploding." Laura Nash, Business Ethicist, Harvard University
"God is marshalling his people in the workplace as never before in history. God is up to something. The next spiritual awakening could take place in the marketplace."
-Henry Blackaby
"There is a distinction between church work and the work of the church.
Church work is what you do for the organized institution of the church.
The work of the church is what is done between Sundays when the church is scattered all over the metropolitan area where it is located - in homes, schools, offices, on construction jobs, in market places." - Dick Halverson
"Workplace ministry will be one of the core future innovations in church ministry." George Barna, Boiling Point, Regal Publishing
"We reviewed 52 movements in the body of Christ. We narrowed it down to 28, then 12, then 4 to invest our resources in the coming years. The workplace is one of those because this is an area where we see God working." Chad Hammond, Director, New Ventures (division of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.)
"Our surveys reveal that 90-97% of Christians have never heard a sermon relating biblical principles to their work life." Doug Sherman, author, Your Work Matters to God.
"Societal transformation is high on God's agenda and the chief catalytic force to bring it about will be Christians ministering in the marketplace." C. Peter Wagner, Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute
"The church in the workplace is the purest form of the body of Christ today due to its diversity. Workplace believers are less prone to denominational differences because they have a common goal of representing Christ in their workplaces. The movement will break down denominational barriers that have been held in the past." Os Hillman, International Coalition of Workplace Ministries
"The most common self-inflicted put-down is 'I am not a pastor-I am just a layperson. This is all part of a clever satanic scheme to neutralize apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers along with the entire army of disciples, already positioned in the marketplace." Ed Silvoso, Anointed for Business, Harvest Evangelism
"Indeed, as with first-century Christianity, it all begins in the marketplace, where the disciples of Jesus daily rub shoulders with the
lost."- Bill McCartney, Promise Keepers, Anointed for Business, Regal Publishing
"In today's global community, the greatest channel of distribution for 'salt and light' is the business community - the marketplace." Bill Pollard, Chairman, Service Master
"Someone recently said that the "First" Reformation took the Word of God to the common man and woman; the "Second" Reformation is taking the work of God to the common man and woman. That time is now. The greatest potential ministry in the world today is the marketplace. Christ's greatest labor force is those men and women already in that environment." Tom Phillips, VP of Training , Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
"The workplace is where a majority of a church congregation, spends a majority of their time, interacting with a majority of the unchurched world. The Church on Monday is evidence that the Church on Sunday is real!" Doug Spada, His Church at Work.org
Be Encouraged,
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Poisoned against prosperity
In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln addressed congress with these words:
"Lincoln said those who toil
up from poverty are the ones
to be trusted most..."
...not those who remain in poverty!
Poverty is not a virtue but a self-induced
crime rooted in the mind. Our minds have
been poisoned against prosperity not only
by those who struggle in poverty but also
by the media, the movies, and television
shows who bombard us with portrayals of
the rich being corrupt.
The only thing worse than a lie is a half-truth!
"Remember……. a lie told often enough
becomes accepted as truth."
"Lincoln said those who toil
up from poverty are the ones
to be trusted most..."
...not those who remain in poverty!
Poverty is not a virtue but a self-induced
crime rooted in the mind. Our minds have
been poisoned against prosperity not only
by those who struggle in poverty but also
by the media, the movies, and television
shows who bombard us with portrayals of
the rich being corrupt.
The only thing worse than a lie is a half-truth!
"Remember……. a lie told often enough
becomes accepted as truth."
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Self Image Projected Onto Others
The SUBJECT is WORD POWER -----------------
You are exactly as you say you are and we all know that is true because . . .
"You can't attract more life than your mouth and words will allow into your life."
Here's the punchline.
Words come before all else.
I Am reminds everyone that, "You will never out earn your lips."
Therefore, watch what falls from your lips because ultimatey what you SAY will land in your hands.
Words either heal or they hurt. period.
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TEST QUESTION:
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Now class---I ask you.
Here is a test.
And its an easy question.
Nonetheless, this is a test. Here is the question.
What comes PROIR to a wealthy persons action?
Oh doggone it, YOU are so smart!!!
That's right. WORDS come BEFORE a rich person takes a rich persons action.
Ah, but it gets even deeper.
Please, come now into the abyss with me.
Lets rewind this even more. And I promise this will be even an easier QUESTION.
The question is, "what does a RICH person do BEFORE they speak like a rich person?"
OH ---THERE YOU GO again!
Doggone it, you are such a smarty today.
That's right!!!!
A RICH person has a RICH person's THOUGHT prior to whatever they do.
Step 1: They have a RICH person's THOUGHT Step 2: They use FORWARD SPEAK (words) Step 3: THEN they act upon the THOUGHT they had.
Therefore to model any successful person you first have to assemble HOW THEY THINK.
Why?
Because as we all know, a "Rich person has a rich person's THOUGHT prior and before they take an action."
Their LIFE PHILOSOPHY is what predicts how they think.
LEARN how the person THINKS and you learn their code.
Study and interview them. Learn their LIFE philosophy.
Philosophy SOUNDS like this.
** Self promoters RULE the world. Those that are embarrased by money, work for and are employed by those who are not.
Self promoters and SALESMEN like
Oprah / Martha / The Donald / Fly / Rachael Ray / Steven / Bill
THOSE icons are SELF PROMOTERS and love to sell.
Those who hate to sell work FOR those those love it.
That is a life philosophy.
There are many LIFE PHILOSOPHIES.
Here's another one.
"You can't attract what you secretly don't respect."
Example, the man says he LOVES business and wants to be wealthy. But secretly he hasn't READ ten (10) books on that subject in five years.
Conclusion? He secretly doens't respect what he SAYS he loves.
Example. The man says he needs to make more money. He also tells you he is broke, too busy and that life sucks.
But there is more. There is always more.
Listen
If you are secretly embarrassed by money and selling and self-promotion, it will be hard for you to exercise capitalism as an Entrepreneur.
That is why the 97% who ABHOR selling are employed by the 3% who get a thrill out of it.
WORDS and how you use words are the precursor to life.
Let me listen to anyone for ten minutes and you can pretty much put together HOW they think and ascertain their philosophies.
How one thinks and what they SAY dictate their life.
No big deal. Just what makes people tick.
It's been fly.
PS: Watch what you say.
How come you ask?
Because your subconscious is listening.
----------------------------------------
Your subconscious is the GOVERNOR to what you will do or not do.
Double Post-Script
What tell people THEY can do, you are also giving yourself that same potential
What ever you tell others they CANT do you also tell yourself the same thing.
Winners are always adding INCREASE into others.
Why? Because they love themselves and they assume YOU love yourself equally.
Winners assume you can do anything that they can do as well.
If you build up other people you reinforce those same beliefs into yourself.
If you become the right kind of person you attract the right kinds of people.
And it all starts what falls from your lips.
=====================
The Self-Image Trick
=====================
A person's (true) SELF-IMAGE is revealed in how they speak to OTHER people.
Because they PROJECT their own self-image onto others.
Chow
xoxoxox
You are exactly as you say you are and we all know that is true because . . .
"You can't attract more life than your mouth and words will allow into your life."
Here's the punchline.
Words come before all else.
I Am reminds everyone that, "You will never out earn your lips."
Therefore, watch what falls from your lips because ultimatey what you SAY will land in your hands.
Words either heal or they hurt. period.
==============
TEST QUESTION:
=============
Now class---I ask you.
Here is a test.
And its an easy question.
Nonetheless, this is a test. Here is the question.
What comes PROIR to a wealthy persons action?
Oh doggone it, YOU are so smart!!!
That's right. WORDS come BEFORE a rich person takes a rich persons action.
Ah, but it gets even deeper.
Please, come now into the abyss with me.
Lets rewind this even more. And I promise this will be even an easier QUESTION.
The question is, "what does a RICH person do BEFORE they speak like a rich person?"
OH ---THERE YOU GO again!
Doggone it, you are such a smarty today.
That's right!!!!
A RICH person has a RICH person's THOUGHT prior to whatever they do.
Step 1: They have a RICH person's THOUGHT Step 2: They use FORWARD SPEAK (words) Step 3: THEN they act upon the THOUGHT they had.
Therefore to model any successful person you first have to assemble HOW THEY THINK.
Why?
Because as we all know, a "Rich person has a rich person's THOUGHT prior and before they take an action."
Their LIFE PHILOSOPHY is what predicts how they think.
LEARN how the person THINKS and you learn their code.
Study and interview them. Learn their LIFE philosophy.
Philosophy SOUNDS like this.
** Self promoters RULE the world. Those that are embarrased by money, work for and are employed by those who are not.
Self promoters and SALESMEN like
Oprah / Martha / The Donald / Fly / Rachael Ray / Steven / Bill
THOSE icons are SELF PROMOTERS and love to sell.
Those who hate to sell work FOR those those love it.
That is a life philosophy.
There are many LIFE PHILOSOPHIES.
Here's another one.
"You can't attract what you secretly don't respect."
Example, the man says he LOVES business and wants to be wealthy. But secretly he hasn't READ ten (10) books on that subject in five years.
Conclusion? He secretly doens't respect what he SAYS he loves.
Example. The man says he needs to make more money. He also tells you he is broke, too busy and that life sucks.
But there is more. There is always more.
Listen
If you are secretly embarrassed by money and selling and self-promotion, it will be hard for you to exercise capitalism as an Entrepreneur.
That is why the 97% who ABHOR selling are employed by the 3% who get a thrill out of it.
WORDS and how you use words are the precursor to life.
Let me listen to anyone for ten minutes and you can pretty much put together HOW they think and ascertain their philosophies.
How one thinks and what they SAY dictate their life.
No big deal. Just what makes people tick.
It's been fly.
PS: Watch what you say.
How come you ask?
Because your subconscious is listening.
----------------------------------------
Your subconscious is the GOVERNOR to what you will do or not do.
Double Post-Script
What tell people THEY can do, you are also giving yourself that same potential
What ever you tell others they CANT do you also tell yourself the same thing.
Winners are always adding INCREASE into others.
Why? Because they love themselves and they assume YOU love yourself equally.
Winners assume you can do anything that they can do as well.
If you build up other people you reinforce those same beliefs into yourself.
If you become the right kind of person you attract the right kinds of people.
And it all starts what falls from your lips.
=====================
The Self-Image Trick
=====================
A person's (true) SELF-IMAGE is revealed in how they speak to OTHER people.
Because they PROJECT their own self-image onto others.
Chow
xoxoxox
Thursday, September 13, 2007
"A NEW WAVE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRE IS ABOUT TO HIT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY"
The Spirit of the Lord is brooding and hovering over the earth once again in a very unique and powerful way as we approach a new and different season of spiritual and economic harvest. This harvest will counteract the attempts of devastation against the American and global economy as God is releasing a new quickening in the Spirit and a shifting of hearts as we approach the year 2008. We will begin to see a rapid rise and explosion of entrepreneurial fire over the next 5 years extending and leveling out to about 10 years as fresh entrepreneurial anointing hits the marketplace with an unusual economic move of His Spirit.
The Lord is saying, "There are attacks the enemy is planning right now, but I am raising up a new standard of protection for this nation with tidal waves of offensive and defensive strategies that will overtake and consume every last economic enemy until they are buried and drowned underneath the tidal wave of the move of My Spirit. Get ready and position yourselves to receive a new wave of entrepreneurial fire that is about to hit the American economy."
There is now an urgent call and a war-cry from the heart and mind of God going forth into the spiritual wombs of His people--much like John the Baptist as he leaped in his mother's womb when Mary approached Elizabeth and her voice was heard with joy by the unborn child in Luke 1:39-44:
"Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. And she cried out with a loud voice and said, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.'"
The Lord is now causing the heart of His people in this nation along with many other nations to leap for joy within the womb as they are individually and collectively giving birth to a new wave of spiritual and economic growth.
Entrepreneurial Fire is Not a Respecter of Persons
This move of God's Spirit is purposed to annihilate the debt and poverty of God's elect, resulting in greater national and global economic strength, especially coming from the small business sector. The intertwining of marketplace and prophetic anointing have joined and married together as one holy force of fire as the heart of God's people are supernaturally infused with keen levels of insight, foresight and prophetic precision into the future of God's economic wisdom, revelation and strategy of His heart. Turning the hearts of men and women alike, He will cause many current and new business ideas to explode producing millionaires by the thousands.
As the marketplace and prophetic anointing are being intertwined and married as one on a greater level, they will have separate purposes and accomplish twice as much than if not be combined for the end-time move of the Sprit of the Lord.
"The beginnings of the release of this new tidal wave of prophetic entrepreneurial fire has approached and is already being birthed within," says the Lord. "It will reach the most common to the most elite and is not a respecter of persons. If you are able to see it, you will be ignited and empowered to seize it."
A Transference of Wealth into the Hands of God's People
As there has been great spiritual and financial travail this year in the lives of many, so there is great birthing and rejoicing in the hearts of those that will hear and take heed to what the Spirit of the Lord is now saying and moving and leaping inside of them. There is a forerunning of a shifting of hearts from the pulpit to the marketplace. Pulpit ministry will become marketplace ministry and will converge into such a spiritual outpouring that it will prepare and strengthen America's economy over the coming years. Each year will build with strength and momentum for those who bear the call in their spiritual wombs to raise up, produce and reproduce in the marketplace.
The Lord says, "All the years of training in the church and training in the marketplace have not been in vain. A change of heart will move from the four walls of the church to combine with the marketplace outside the church to manifest and enforce the beginnings of the transference of wealth into the hands of My people--producing liberty to both the spiritually and financially deficient."
Prophetic Ingenuity from the Pulpit into the Marketplace
Ministry has become dull and lifeless for many, especially for those called to the pulpit. The Lord says, "I am not taking the pulpits out of place, I am simply shifting the heart of My people to cause a birthing outside of the pulpit and to transfer pulpit ministry into the marketplace."
You will find spiritual progression to be in the streets and within the businesses and inside the financial realms coupled with and accompanied by ministry, yet filled with increasing prophetic insight and foresight. God's army of prophetic entrepreneurs will speak forth phenomenal predictions in the stock market and cause many to reap great rewards. Prophetic instinct will be on the rise as God releases the discernment of His people to be heightened with precision and cutting-edge accuracy.
The Lord says, "There will be prophetic ingenuity of apostolic government that will hit many company CEO's and CFO's as their hearts are hit with a new quickening of My Spirit to shift their strategies of financial growth, resulting in more efficient and productive methods for speedier multiplication of profits."
Prophetic revelation will come upon them suddenly that will be a direct download of the mind of Christ as they seize and lay ahold of, and direct and redirect their respective shifting markets with an aggression that is full of passion and divine empowerment. There will be the fusion of marketplace ministry, salvation and financial miracles that will transfer from the unseen realm to the realm of the seen as a result of a new tenacity that God is placing in the core of their prophetic DNA.
The Lord says, "A new level of entrepreneurial wisdom and sharp thinking skills will come to the forefront as the enemy's cloud of discouragement, hopelessness and lack of vision will blow away and depart as I continue to hover and breathe a fresh new breath of My Spirit upon this great economic nation. I will preserve that which I have promised to you, America!"
New companies will emerge out of the pulpit experience. God will cause even more pulpit ideas to become business ideas and business ideas to become pulpit ideas. There will be an opening for prayer and prophetic unction released into the business atmosphere that will cause a leaping for prosperity in the mind, body, soul and spirit of emerging companies. A releasing of entrepreneurial flames will sweep across America with a strategic entrepreneurial gathering of the hearts of prophets, apostles and even prophetic musicians as they join in spirit to proclaim and prophesy God's successes over economies, businesses, leaders and governments--extinguishing the negative voice of enemy forces.
Like watchmen on the wall, God is calling out and ranking His entrepreneurial army to run through troops and leap over the walls of the enemy's strategies of economic destruction. The Lord says, "The enemy will not succeed. There will be attempts but they will fall."
The Internet--One of the Greatest Marketplace Ministry Vehicles
Even a new generation of young businessmen and women will take on a new way of doing business. They are already fast learners, technology innovators, witty inventors, multimedia masterminds, Internet and stock market savvy. They are joined as one, even though they are spread out all over this land to accomplish their individual call, purpose and destiny in the work force and in the spirit realms. God has given many pulpit ministries skill and knowledge and trades and the working of hands with exceptional intelligence.
The Lord says, "I will use the Internet to become one of the greatest marketplace ministry vehicles and it is already set in place to be the pulpit of the many businesses and ministries alike. I have connected like-minded hearts there for the purpose of rapidly raising up an army of warrior entrepreneurs that are filled with My Spirit and are highly gifted with sharp prophetic precision for everyday business decisions and everyday life decisions."
"No longer will prophetic ministry be contained and hidden in the church. I have shifted the stream of My Spirit and spilled it out into the open--just like a volcano has spread its flames with lava reaching miles and miles away from its eruption."
Your Dissatisfaction Was Your Birthing Place
"It is a good thing," says the Lord. "Your dissatisfaction was your birthing place. Your frustration was your labor. Your perseverance is your reward as you enter a new season of harvest. Five years of grace. Five years of favor. Five years of fulfillment. Five years of fun and celebration. Five years of fruitfulness. Five years of a strengthening fortress. Your enemies will not be able to succeed or stand against My tidal wave," says the Lord.
"A mighty rushing wind will blow down every enemy and entity that attempts to stand in a lofty place. I will break every branch until the sap is dried up and is cut down to a powerless dead tree stump for you to stand upon in victory. Every place that your foot shall tread, I have given you that land, that city and that nation." says the Lord. "It already belongs to you."
Progression, Provision and Protection
God is freely opening up opportunities that at first glance, may not look to be divinely orchestrated, but then His characteristics and His qualities will be seen within them as they will become apparent, and the fruit of God's Spirit will be upon them with distinction and they will be readily recognized by their fruit. A mighty fortress of business and ministry will erect for progression, for provision and for protection. Many will even become millionaires and many will have large amounts of debt that will be taken out and overthrown.
The Lord says, "A new kingly anointing shall be realized by My people with the rising of the remembrance that in the beginning, I purposed mankind to take dominion and to subdue the earth."
"And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth" (Genesis 1:28).
The Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands
The Lord is saying, "Once again, My people will walk as kings and as priests and will humble themselves to pray--not because of a national tragedy, but because of a national prosperity and a celebration in the heart of the land. The trees will clap their hands and the mountains will rumble and shout out the name of the Lord, for I am a protector and keeper of that which is Mine and of those that are near and dear to My heart."
"For you shall go out [from the spiritual exile caused by sin and evil into the homeland] with joy and be led forth [by your Leader, the Lord Himself, and His word] with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands" (Isaiah 55:12).
"I have placed favor upon this soil, and I have given My people this land to tread upon, to walk upon, to overtake, to overthrow, to undertake, to build and to plant, and to make brand new and to prosper. This nation will declare, 'I am blessed,' and it will declare again, 'I am a blessing to the earth.' The earth will boil with the eruption of gladness and joy. It will ooze out the heat and the passion of My heart for the love of those that are Mine. My heart has rested and My habitation is here to stay," says the Lord. "I love this land."
God bless America!
Reeni Mederos
Permission is granted (and you are also encouraged) to reprint these articles in hard copy form, as well as sending them to your own email lists and posting them on your own websites. We ask only that you keep ElijahList website, email contact info, and author contact information intact.
ElijahList Publications
310 2nd Ave SE,
Albany, OR 97321
www.elijahlist.com
email: info@elijahlist.net
Phone 1-541-926-3250
The Lord is saying, "There are attacks the enemy is planning right now, but I am raising up a new standard of protection for this nation with tidal waves of offensive and defensive strategies that will overtake and consume every last economic enemy until they are buried and drowned underneath the tidal wave of the move of My Spirit. Get ready and position yourselves to receive a new wave of entrepreneurial fire that is about to hit the American economy."
There is now an urgent call and a war-cry from the heart and mind of God going forth into the spiritual wombs of His people--much like John the Baptist as he leaped in his mother's womb when Mary approached Elizabeth and her voice was heard with joy by the unborn child in Luke 1:39-44:
"Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. And she cried out with a loud voice and said, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.'"
The Lord is now causing the heart of His people in this nation along with many other nations to leap for joy within the womb as they are individually and collectively giving birth to a new wave of spiritual and economic growth.
Entrepreneurial Fire is Not a Respecter of Persons
This move of God's Spirit is purposed to annihilate the debt and poverty of God's elect, resulting in greater national and global economic strength, especially coming from the small business sector. The intertwining of marketplace and prophetic anointing have joined and married together as one holy force of fire as the heart of God's people are supernaturally infused with keen levels of insight, foresight and prophetic precision into the future of God's economic wisdom, revelation and strategy of His heart. Turning the hearts of men and women alike, He will cause many current and new business ideas to explode producing millionaires by the thousands.
As the marketplace and prophetic anointing are being intertwined and married as one on a greater level, they will have separate purposes and accomplish twice as much than if not be combined for the end-time move of the Sprit of the Lord.
"The beginnings of the release of this new tidal wave of prophetic entrepreneurial fire has approached and is already being birthed within," says the Lord. "It will reach the most common to the most elite and is not a respecter of persons. If you are able to see it, you will be ignited and empowered to seize it."
A Transference of Wealth into the Hands of God's People
As there has been great spiritual and financial travail this year in the lives of many, so there is great birthing and rejoicing in the hearts of those that will hear and take heed to what the Spirit of the Lord is now saying and moving and leaping inside of them. There is a forerunning of a shifting of hearts from the pulpit to the marketplace. Pulpit ministry will become marketplace ministry and will converge into such a spiritual outpouring that it will prepare and strengthen America's economy over the coming years. Each year will build with strength and momentum for those who bear the call in their spiritual wombs to raise up, produce and reproduce in the marketplace.
The Lord says, "All the years of training in the church and training in the marketplace have not been in vain. A change of heart will move from the four walls of the church to combine with the marketplace outside the church to manifest and enforce the beginnings of the transference of wealth into the hands of My people--producing liberty to both the spiritually and financially deficient."
Prophetic Ingenuity from the Pulpit into the Marketplace
Ministry has become dull and lifeless for many, especially for those called to the pulpit. The Lord says, "I am not taking the pulpits out of place, I am simply shifting the heart of My people to cause a birthing outside of the pulpit and to transfer pulpit ministry into the marketplace."
You will find spiritual progression to be in the streets and within the businesses and inside the financial realms coupled with and accompanied by ministry, yet filled with increasing prophetic insight and foresight. God's army of prophetic entrepreneurs will speak forth phenomenal predictions in the stock market and cause many to reap great rewards. Prophetic instinct will be on the rise as God releases the discernment of His people to be heightened with precision and cutting-edge accuracy.
The Lord says, "There will be prophetic ingenuity of apostolic government that will hit many company CEO's and CFO's as their hearts are hit with a new quickening of My Spirit to shift their strategies of financial growth, resulting in more efficient and productive methods for speedier multiplication of profits."
Prophetic revelation will come upon them suddenly that will be a direct download of the mind of Christ as they seize and lay ahold of, and direct and redirect their respective shifting markets with an aggression that is full of passion and divine empowerment. There will be the fusion of marketplace ministry, salvation and financial miracles that will transfer from the unseen realm to the realm of the seen as a result of a new tenacity that God is placing in the core of their prophetic DNA.
The Lord says, "A new level of entrepreneurial wisdom and sharp thinking skills will come to the forefront as the enemy's cloud of discouragement, hopelessness and lack of vision will blow away and depart as I continue to hover and breathe a fresh new breath of My Spirit upon this great economic nation. I will preserve that which I have promised to you, America!"
New companies will emerge out of the pulpit experience. God will cause even more pulpit ideas to become business ideas and business ideas to become pulpit ideas. There will be an opening for prayer and prophetic unction released into the business atmosphere that will cause a leaping for prosperity in the mind, body, soul and spirit of emerging companies. A releasing of entrepreneurial flames will sweep across America with a strategic entrepreneurial gathering of the hearts of prophets, apostles and even prophetic musicians as they join in spirit to proclaim and prophesy God's successes over economies, businesses, leaders and governments--extinguishing the negative voice of enemy forces.
Like watchmen on the wall, God is calling out and ranking His entrepreneurial army to run through troops and leap over the walls of the enemy's strategies of economic destruction. The Lord says, "The enemy will not succeed. There will be attempts but they will fall."
The Internet--One of the Greatest Marketplace Ministry Vehicles
Even a new generation of young businessmen and women will take on a new way of doing business. They are already fast learners, technology innovators, witty inventors, multimedia masterminds, Internet and stock market savvy. They are joined as one, even though they are spread out all over this land to accomplish their individual call, purpose and destiny in the work force and in the spirit realms. God has given many pulpit ministries skill and knowledge and trades and the working of hands with exceptional intelligence.
The Lord says, "I will use the Internet to become one of the greatest marketplace ministry vehicles and it is already set in place to be the pulpit of the many businesses and ministries alike. I have connected like-minded hearts there for the purpose of rapidly raising up an army of warrior entrepreneurs that are filled with My Spirit and are highly gifted with sharp prophetic precision for everyday business decisions and everyday life decisions."
"No longer will prophetic ministry be contained and hidden in the church. I have shifted the stream of My Spirit and spilled it out into the open--just like a volcano has spread its flames with lava reaching miles and miles away from its eruption."
Your Dissatisfaction Was Your Birthing Place
"It is a good thing," says the Lord. "Your dissatisfaction was your birthing place. Your frustration was your labor. Your perseverance is your reward as you enter a new season of harvest. Five years of grace. Five years of favor. Five years of fulfillment. Five years of fun and celebration. Five years of fruitfulness. Five years of a strengthening fortress. Your enemies will not be able to succeed or stand against My tidal wave," says the Lord.
"A mighty rushing wind will blow down every enemy and entity that attempts to stand in a lofty place. I will break every branch until the sap is dried up and is cut down to a powerless dead tree stump for you to stand upon in victory. Every place that your foot shall tread, I have given you that land, that city and that nation." says the Lord. "It already belongs to you."
Progression, Provision and Protection
God is freely opening up opportunities that at first glance, may not look to be divinely orchestrated, but then His characteristics and His qualities will be seen within them as they will become apparent, and the fruit of God's Spirit will be upon them with distinction and they will be readily recognized by their fruit. A mighty fortress of business and ministry will erect for progression, for provision and for protection. Many will even become millionaires and many will have large amounts of debt that will be taken out and overthrown.
The Lord says, "A new kingly anointing shall be realized by My people with the rising of the remembrance that in the beginning, I purposed mankind to take dominion and to subdue the earth."
"And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth" (Genesis 1:28).
The Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands
The Lord is saying, "Once again, My people will walk as kings and as priests and will humble themselves to pray--not because of a national tragedy, but because of a national prosperity and a celebration in the heart of the land. The trees will clap their hands and the mountains will rumble and shout out the name of the Lord, for I am a protector and keeper of that which is Mine and of those that are near and dear to My heart."
"For you shall go out [from the spiritual exile caused by sin and evil into the homeland] with joy and be led forth [by your Leader, the Lord Himself, and His word] with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands" (Isaiah 55:12).
"I have placed favor upon this soil, and I have given My people this land to tread upon, to walk upon, to overtake, to overthrow, to undertake, to build and to plant, and to make brand new and to prosper. This nation will declare, 'I am blessed,' and it will declare again, 'I am a blessing to the earth.' The earth will boil with the eruption of gladness and joy. It will ooze out the heat and the passion of My heart for the love of those that are Mine. My heart has rested and My habitation is here to stay," says the Lord. "I love this land."
God bless America!
Reeni Mederos
Permission is granted (and you are also encouraged) to reprint these articles in hard copy form, as well as sending them to your own email lists and posting them on your own websites. We ask only that you keep ElijahList website, email contact info, and author contact information intact.
ElijahList Publications
310 2nd Ave SE,
Albany, OR 97321
www.elijahlist.com
email: info@elijahlist.net
Phone 1-541-926-3250
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