Happy Wednesday!

Yesterdays blog interaction was breathtaking! I posted a nice little morning message… and then you guys ENHANCED it all day long with a pile of AMAZING additions! Outstanding! Really, I LOVED reading your comments… was very inspired ladies!

Ok… I’m very tired this morning, woke up at a little before 4am, couldn’t go back to sleep… got up and started my morning routine about an hour early… and now I am FEELING it! Grrr! lol! Grrr again! (smile)

I have to tell you guys how excited I am about tonight’s Destiny Family Center GO Outreach!

The results from our first night are reason enough for us to CELEBRATE like crazy people! 12 teams knocked on 87 doors: talked to 73 families: followed up on 46 families: and already, 2 new families are coming to DFC… from the efforts of ONE HOUR!

In addition to these immediate results, we’re VERY hopeful that SEVERAL of the other 46 families we REALLY connected with will come to visit us over the next few weeks! And when PHASE ONE of this outreach finishes up at the end of October, MANY families will have been added to the family of God!

We’ve critiqued our system and made a few necessary adjustments… and TONIGHT @ 6:30pm, we’re Going Out for night two! It’s gonna be SO MUCH FUN… can’t WAIT!

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1 Simple Principle 4 Increase in Business, Life, and Ministry

Psalm 126:5-6 Those who PLANT in tears will HARVEST with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to PLANT their SEED, but they sing as they RETURN WITH the HARVEST.

These verses contain a very powerful principle for success in business, life, and ministry! In the world of business, there are three ways to get new business:

1. wait for new business (hoping for someone to find out about you)
2. buy new business (launching an extravagant personal promotion campaign)
3. go out and get the new business (simply, asking lots of people if they want to do business with you)

Most people WAIT for success to HAPPEN FOR THEM. Some people purchase their way to success. Few people ever pull up their sleeves and GO OUT to gather success! Option 1 is for the lazy person. Option 2 is far to costly. Option 3 is the only option for building a PREDICTABLE and DUPLICATABLE harvest machine!

Jesus used option 3 and he taught his followers to do the same!

Mark 16:15 And then he (Jesus) told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.

Luke 10:2 These were his instructions to them:“The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

Matthew 22:9-10 Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’ So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.

So, let us keep on PRAYING… and keep on PLANTING SEEDS… and we will surely RETURN with a HARVEST! Surely, we will! And while so many people in the rest of our world complain about why things are not happening FOR them… you and I will MODEL the profound FRUITFULNESS that results from GOING OUT to bring the harvest in!

I pray that todays blog INSPIRES you to a new level of ACTION! I hope it adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Love you all… PRAYING for your day to be epic!

Happy Tuesday!

WordPress keeps telling me to UPDATE: version 2.8.4. In order to MAKE sure all their users upgrade NOW, it looks like they have taken away some of the toolbox features for the old version… making the task of blogging far more complicated. For example: I can only see five lines of my text at a time!!!

Since I’m in between web guru’s at this time, I’m stuck tackling this task on my own… and it’s a little scary! The auto update feature will not work. If any of you know where I can FIND YODA, please point the way! lol

Two terms for the following discussion:

1. H-OS: the Human Operating System

2. S-OS: the Spirit Operating System

The Bible explains the born again experience in 2 Corintians 5:17 when Paul says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION; the OLD has gone, the NEW has come!”

In other words… we a person is born again, he trades in his OLD HUMAN OPERATING SYSTEM for a NEW SPIRIT OPERATING SYSTEM… and the OLD SYSTEM BECOMES OBSOLETE!

After this spiritual installation, we no longer deal with our problems like we used to under to H-OS. For example: when a person attacks us NOW, we pray against the SPIRIT motivating his actions… we do good to our attacker by praying for him and forgiving him… and even BLESSING him!

The learning curve from H-OS to S-SO is GIGANTIC… it takes some getting used to! Every new follower of Jesus undergoes the frustration of not knowing how to master all the features of the S-OS. And if one should try to go back and use the OLD H-OS… it will not function the way it once did.

Being a Christian is not a destination, it is a journey! And should we continue to WALK WITH GOD, we will be UPGRADED DAILY with newer and better versions of the S-OS!

So as you can see, humans are so much like computers in that we too can acquire a NEW OS and periodic software patches and updates! Romans 12:2 talks of this when Paul calls on followers of Christ to be TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING OF OUR MINDS!

Romans 12:2 says, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be TRANSFORMED (upgraded) 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.”

Do not conform: But be transformed: By the renewing of your mind: THEN, you will be able to test (or experience) the BEST THAT GOD HAS!

It is our responsibility to LOG IN AND UPGRADE… or our S-OS will not continue to function as well as it once did. Here’s a simple two step process of automation:

1. DOWNLOAD the update: this comes from reading the Bible: we should download new information EVERY DAY!

2. INSTALL the update: this comes by praying: we’re supposed to challenge OLD human patterns with NEW biblical information EVERY DAY!

In addition to the auto upgrade settings I listed above, there are other ways we can optimize our S-OS… read good books, attend good church services, sing and worship God privately and with other believers, share faith and spread love to others… and anything else that helps to work new biblical truth into our minds and HEARTS!

Today is September (9), twenty nine (29), of the year two thousand and nine (9). I just downloaded S-OS version 9.29.9… and I installed it through prayer! Watch out world… I’VE BEEN UPGRADED!

I hope todays blog inspires everyone to UPGRADE daily… to download AND install EVERY S-OS feature available… and live the very best we can live! Even though this blog could have been written FAR better then it turned out… the idea is MIGHTY! Read it through 3 or 4 times throughout the day… meditate on the concept… schedule some time to LOG IN, DOWNLOAD, and INSTALL a mega version upgrade!

Have a amazing day everyone… love you all!

Happy Monday!

Another week… it’s the fall season here in the northern hemisphere. People are starting to wear long pants and hoodies (sweatshirts)… leaves are starting to fall from some of our trees, plants are starting to shrivel up, our grass will be brown in a few more weeks.

Everyone seems to be focusing on work and education, slightly on edge but determined to succeed despite a challenging economy… a little more lively than they were during the summer months of rest and relaxation. The holidays are not to far away!

So many families seem to have their own unique set of personal challenges… epic challenges, forcing an overwhelming majority of us into some kind of very dangerous instinctive mode of survival. It’s like nothing I’ve seen at any other time during my 38 years here on earth.

Everyone appears distracted… unable to focus… unable to commit… sloppy and off their game. People known for a lifetime of showcase character… they are starting to display bizarre flashes of rottenness… even the very best people from our society… so many of them are right now reaching their breaking point. The pressure has become more than many can bare… and beautiful people are SNAPPING over the littlest things.

Luke 21:33-35 Amplified Version

The sky and the earth (the universe, the world) will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose;

For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth.

Luke warned of days like these… he encouraged people not to become OVERBURDENED and DEPRESSED… not to be WEIGHED DOWN with the GIDDINESS and HEADACHE and NAUSEA of SELF-INDULGENCE, DRUNKENNESS, and WORLDY WORRIES and CARES PERTAINING TO THE BUSINESS OF THIS LIFE… and that day come upon us suddenly like a trap or noose.

Luke was obviously talking about the end of this grace age… and he warned people 2000 years ago: to BEWARE of the dangers of times like these, when WORRIES and CARES PERTAINING TO THE BUSINESS OF THIS LIFE will try to distract us from the things that really matter.

Just ten years ago, EVERY solid follower of Jesus attended church EVERY SUNDAY (morning and evening services), EVERY MIDWEEK SERVICE, and usually a WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING. Then, due to lack of interest churches stopped having Sunday evening services… and many of them no longer have a Wednesday night service or a prayer meeting… until TODAY, those who are considered the “SOLID” followers of Jesus only attend 2-3 SUNDAY services a month.

Just ten years ago, people could be counted on when they made a COMMITMENT… today: most people will not even MAKE A COMMITMENT without the promise of great reward… and those who do commit, have very little intentions of keeping the commitments they make.

The people of this hour despise authority… will not submit themselves to the slightest accountability. When they are questioned about their performance they quit or threaten to quit… forcing management to tolerate below par performance. Incompetence has become the norm of this culture.

Financial giving to churches has PLUMMETED over the past two years. Volunteerism is at an all time low. People want to be left alone to FOCUS on their personal problems alone.

For the person who is willing to WORK HARD, and sacrifice, and appreciate accountability, and make BOLD and selfless commitments, and carry out their commitments with rare precision… there is a gigantic opportunity for THIS person in TODAYS world and a tremendous difference to be made!

Meditate on todays blog ALL DAY LONG… be honest with yourself. Take a deep breath and make the necessary changes! Dare to BE DIFFERENT! Take your personal challenges to GOD in prayer and ask him for the FAITH to TRUST that all things are and WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT FOR YOUR BEST. Then give your time to things that REALLY matter in the face of eternity!

I hope todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! I just finished praying for you guys… so expect a BEAUTIFUL DAY! Love you all!

Happy Sunday!

When a light is turned on in the darkness, the darkness is NO MORE. Darkness cannot extinguish light, but light can cause darkness to immediately disappear. -JJ Dewey

Matthew 4:16 The people which sat in DARKNESS saw GREAT LIGHT; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death LIGHT IS SPRUNG UP.

Matthew SAW this, so he recorded it!

He writes: A light has come to earth… a great light!

And if a person could see like Matthew did… in broad daylight: LIGHT was coming to the DARK SPIRITUAL REGIONS OF THE UNIVERSE!

Matthew describes in his gospel message how he saw A GREAT LIGHT RACING IN TO THE LAND OF ZEBULUN and of NAPHTALI beside the sea beyond the Jordan River!

For light to shine on us… it has to shine by way of messages spoken to the natural man. (Romans 1:16 talks about this… (my own paraphrase) For I am not ashamed of the message about Jesus Christ, for it is the POWER of God that leads to salvation… in them that BELIEVE the message!)

In other words: For God to get his light into our spiritual lives, he sends a messenger of truth to bear witness to this light (just like John the baptist declared of himself when he said, “I am NOT the light, but I am a WITNESS to this light)!

So many times, humans cannot hear these messages… they cannot see this light… because their own reality of this temporary world is far too ENCOMPASSING, their attention to certain human relationships and certain physical obsessions… these things are blinding them from this LIGHT that gives real life! They have an altered reality… a false light that comes from the ANGEL OF LIGHT… a light that is really a trickery of darkness!

2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath BLINDED THE MINDS of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should SHINE UNTO THEM.

It is our COMMISSION to take this LIGHT into the DARKEST places of the universe: to the regions of the shadow of death… and SHINE UNTIL the angel of light is SNUFFED out… and the LIGHT that gives REAL LIFE SPRINGS UP in our day too!

Isaiah 60:1-3
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

I realize todays blog is a bit DEEP! Read it a few more times, until you find the message inside the message! Simply spoken: you and I are commissioned to SHINE in the thick darkness. What a GREAT JOB we have! So, shine you guys… all day long! I will see some of you 10am @ Destiny Family Center… in person or on the LIVE internet broadcast! Have a BRIGHT DAY everyone!

Happy Saturday!

Thanks for posting your great comments on my 3-day party blog… had hoped that MORE of you guys would drop in and leave a lovely comment, but VERY INSPIRED by the comments left! I guess you just want me to be the blogger right? Thats ok… because I love blogging and I love you good people!

Here’s why I took the past 3-days off:

1. I was given a beautiful resort house from friends and couldn’t pass up that quality time with my super duper wife!
2. I really wanted to give you all the OPPORTUNITY to INTERACT with each other!

If we’re going to make a GIGANTIC global difference… we need to create far more INTERACTION between fellow tribe members. In other words: I need for you guys to communicate with EACH OTHER just as effectively as you communicate WITH ME.

One of the benefits of a blog like this is that it ATTRACTS some of the most beautiful people from all the earth. Because of the internet, all geographical boundaries have been ERASED and we can have very good friendships with people from all fifty sates and every country of the world!

This about the opportunities here!

In the not too distant future, I’m going to unveil my vision and plan for building a million member church! Do you think that maybe… just MAYBE, you are being called to a key position in this epic mission?

Would you like to lend a small or large portion of your time, talents, and resources to team of Christian people like this one: determined to INFLUENCE a million people and BEYOND?

Think about the opportunities already existing here!

I believe this blog is a GATHERING POST. As I post my messages… and they go out all over the world… and people read these messages… certain messages are RESONATING LIKE CRAZY in the hearts of a CERTAIN KIND OF PERSON… and this blog site is GATHERING PEOPLE LIKE A RALLY CALL AROUND A COMMON DREAM!

Without telling the whole story now… I’ll just encourage you all to meditate over the current and future opportunities found right here in this growing tribe. There is a gigantic world out there desperately waiting for people like us to do something FAR more epic… FAR more aggressive… FAR more Spirit powered… of FAR GREATER eternal significance!

“We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.” -Amy Carmichael

Let’s do something with our lives that REALLY matters in the face of eternity! Together, let’s DREAM BIGGER, LIVE BOLDER, and MAKE A FAR BIGGER DIFFERENCE!

I suppose what I’m getting at is this: pray about how YOU can benefit more from this blog site by walking through the OPEN DOORS it’s creating!

I believe there are a thousand reasons to read these messages… a thousand reasons beyond the consumption of inspirational material. I want to inspire you, YES… but I desire to INSPIRE WITH YOU more!

Wow, I should take off more often you guys… this is A RED BULL! I hope it provokes the right thoughts and awakens a dormant passion in each of you today! Thanks for reading… thanks for PRAYING especially over the ideas presented this morning! I love you all… praying passionately for your great success!

Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Habakkuk 2:2-3 Then the Lord said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.