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What is the fruit that comes from the truth?

Freedom.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” - John 8:31-32

Knowing the truth makes you free. The Greek word translated "make" means to deliver, make free, and liberate. It comes from a root word that means unrestrained. So think about this for a moment: if knowing the truth has the power to liberate you and allow you to be unrestrained, then does that mean that not knowing the truth will keep you restrained and in bondage?

In my opinion, yes it does.

Yet, your brain can work against you from knowing the truth. See, your brain is designed to keep you alive, and the belief systems you hold tell your brain what is important and what is not. Essentially, what that means, is that your brain will receive any information that is contrary to your current belief system as a threat. It will be more inclined to prove the information is wrong than to examine it for truth.

In today's episode, we will break down how you can always walk in truth and not let your brain stay stuck in a belief system that might be keeping you stuck in bondage. I also share three steps you can take to always be in a state of mind that allows for the truth to win.

Don't forget that God put everything in place for you to succeed in your purpose. However, you can miss out on that assignment if you don't take action on the TRUTHS and break away from faulty thinking. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• Your brain is looking for evidence to validate your current beliefs. So when you receive information that is contrary to a belief you hold your mind wants to prove it wrong.
• Failing to receive information with an open mind indicates that you're more concerned about being right instead of getting it right
• The zeal of others can lead you astray and cause you to miss the truth if you don't create a habit of verifying the information for yourself.
• You cannot lose with this mindset. You either confirm that what you have is truth or you've now found the truth and can now walk in greater freedom.

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Friend, have you ever let the cares of life pull you away from yielding your entire heart to God? If you're anything like me then the answer is yes, and today's show will give you a practical way to know when you're trusting in your resources. Yes, there have been season in life where you hold on tightly to your resources because it doesn't feel like there will be enough. Yet, we know that God's desire for us is to trust Him as the source instead of trusting in the resources.

In today's episode we're going to dive into Jesus' teaching on this topic from His sermon on the mount found in Matthew 6:22-23. Jesus said, " The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!"

Jesus is using a Hebrew idiom that is referring to generosity and stinginess. A good or healthy eye is an eye that looks out for the needs of others, but a bad or unhealthy eye does not see the needs of others due to looking out for your own needs. Yet, here's the problem, when you focus on your own needs and miss the needs of others then the result is that you'll miss the path that God has for your life.

Friend, God wants to use you as a place of blessing for those around you. He wants to know that you are faithful to His plan and that you can be trusted to do His assignments. He has put everything in place for you to succeed in your purpose. However, you can miss out on that assignment if you don't take action on the TRUTHS and break away from faulty thinking. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• Saving your money and giving resentfully is a sign that you're trusting in money and wealth
• If you're worried about the basics of life (food you will eat and clothes you wear) then you will have a difficult time seeing the needs of others
• Generosity and stinginess are more about the posture of your heart than the amounts in your bank account
• People who don't know God will have to trust in their wealth because they don't know the promises of      God

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As a believer, knowing God and trusting in His character is crucial to succeeding in your assignment. Yet, there are many believers (… and you may be one) who have some big questions for God and are unsure if He's as trustworthy as the church tells them.

In today's episode, we dive into the idea of "Knowing God" and a lack of knowledge will destroy His people. We're going to dive into the story of Job and how God rebuked him for His "words without knowledge." I also share a real life story that demonstrates this principle and how incorrect beliefs or assumptions will create obstacles in your life.

In His word, God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your purpose. However, you can miss out on that assignment if you don't take action on the TRUTHS and break away from faulty thinking. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• Not knowing God and His character can lead to inaccurate conclusions
• In the story of Job, Job believed that God gives and takes away but God corrects him and says his words are without knowledge
• To "know God" you must start have a correct lens of his character. The Bible says that He is good and that He does not change.
• Religion and traditions can pass down incorrect thinking about God. You must be willing to receive the information but seek God's word to determine if it is true.

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If you're a person who wants to advance God's kingdom and make an impact then there's one major skill set that you need to acquire. In today's episode we talk about how this skill set gets revealed in the parable of the talents but is hardly ever talked about.

What's the skill set?

It's the skill set of being able to multiply our money.

There's always a focus on the lazy servant because we want to avoid pain but rarely do we focus on the two who were called good and faithful. What made them good and faithful and what skills did they possess?

When you look at the parable you'll find three different levels of money management. One allows for the money to be multiplies, one will growth your money, and the third method does neither. Listen to this episode with an open mind and genuinely ask yourself … are you pursuing the same skills and mindset that the two "good and faithful servants" possessed?

Key Takeaways:

• Three different levels of money management and two multiply it
• We're called to buy back our time and learning how to multiply your money is how that is done
• There's a wide spread narrative that you can't manage it yourself and trust the institutions because they know how to trade with it.
• When you learn the level 1 skill set then you'll be trusted with more and the higher assignments in God's kingdom

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As you know, walking by faith and not by sight is easier said than done. Yet, I recently discovered a simple principle that, if applied, will create the momentum needed for you to live a life where you are walking by faith and not by sight.

What's this simple, yet profound, principle?

It's the principle of the mystery harvest.

In today's episode, I share with you what the mystery harvest is and how you can apply it to your life as you learn to live a kingdom life. In Matthew 6:33, Jesus instructed his listeners to "seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteous"… and what would happen? "All of these things will be added to you."

Well, "all of these things" are what we worry about when we're unsure if there will be provision.

If you've every struggled with this worry then you need to understand and apply the mystery harvest principle.

Key Takeaways:

• This principle helps you stay in the kingdom mindset so you can stay focused on your God given assignment and not get stuck in anxiety, worry, or doubt.
• This principle will posture your heart correctly so you can receive what God has for you, which means your life will be a direction reflection of Him and bring Him glory.
• This is in alignment with what Jesus taught in Mark 11:24. This verse talks about how you can know that you will receive what you prayed for which means you can      walk confidently and expectantly in your God-given assignment.
• This is a great example of how to have the child-like faith Jesus called for us to have, and when you operate in this child like faith you'll be positioned to be faithful with more of God's assignments.

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Taking action is extremely important because you would never accomplish anything if you never took action. Yet, if you're anything like me, there are many times in life where you find yourself failing to take action. Just as Paul said in his letters … he doesn't do what he wants to do and finds himself doing the things that he doesn't want to do.

In today's episode, we discuss the five reasons that stop you from taking action and how to remove those blocks in order to start taking action. If you're honest with yourself, the reality is that it can be scary at times to take action, and this fear can put you in a state of mind where you are just trying to survive. It's a fight, flight, or freeze. This episode is going to help you diagnose why you're not taking action and breakthrough that obstacle to start moving forward and creating momentum.

Remember, God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• The biggest obstacle to you taking action is lacking the belief that you will succeed.
• The mind rejects confusion and will not move forward without clarity
• Belief and know-how are not enough … you have to have the skill set
• Learning how to be resourceful is more important than having the resources

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In the game of life there are two types of people: the pawns and the players. Just like chess, the players of the game determine the strategy and movements of the pawns. The pawns move slowly and are relatively easy to defeat while the players of the game can see the whole board and utilize the differnet pieces of the game in order to win. 

In today's episode, we're going to talk about the five characteristics that define the pawns and the fiver characteristics that define the players. We're also going to discuss why it's so important for you, as a believer, to be a player in the game instead of a pawn. God has uniquely created you to be a produce and value creator. You've been given a unique assignment that can only be accomplished by "playing the game" instead of being "played by the game". 

Remember, God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• As believers, we're called to "buy back" our time because the days are full of toil and striving. 
• A pawns mindset will never allow them to "buy back" their time.
• Pawns work think in terms of surviving and working so they can stop versus players who work to create and make the world a better place. 
• The success of your God-given assignment is determined by your "pawn" or "player" mentality

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If you're a football fan, you're probably aware of the failed coaching experiment with Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville Jaguars. There are multiple reports of him using his position to overpower and bully his players and coaches. There are headlines that report he told his assistant coaches that he was a winner and they were all losers.

Whether or not these are 100% true it shines a light on great leadership versus poor leadership. In today's episode, we're going to talk about how you can be a great leader, and how you can identity when you're leading poorly. This episode is applicable to you if you are a parent, run a business, and are looking to be the best version of yourself.

Remember, God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• Leaders who lead from a positional authority generally operate in a victim mentality when they fail to get the results they want.
• You're only a leader when people choose to follow instead of being coerced or forced to follow.
• Leading the with humility generates the buy in necessary to get your desired result
• Leading yourself is the most important type of leadership.

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In today's episode I host Rachel McCants of R. Lindsay Unlimited.

Rachel is an author, speaker and founder of R. Lindsay Unlimited. Born and raised in the Dallas TX. Her health was impacted in a major way in 2016. A growing brain tumor inspired R. Lindsay Unlimited, a business devoted to encourage, inspire, and challenge ladies to discover and raise their self-worth and standards, not settle and walk in God’s will in all aspects of their lives. She published her first book, Ladies As We Love Ourselves: A 6-Step Program to Self-Worth in 2019.

Rachel helps believers achieve growth in their relationship with Christ by His grace.

Key Takeaways:

• Renewing your mind and chaning your beliefs requires creating an environment and friendships that      are in alignment with the transformation.
• You learn God's voice as you continually spend time with Him and take action on what He's leading you to do.
• God will confirm the direction that he is leading you by using His word, using other people, and even creation
• Ask God for wisdom and to guide your steps when pursuing your purpose and God-given assignment

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"That's not fair!"

If you're anything like me then you've said this phrase at some point in life. Yet, what does fair actually mean? That everyone should have the same housing, talent, looks, and destiny?

No two people even have identical opportunity, and yet society will tell you that everyone should have the same opportunity. In today's episode, we discuss how damaging it can be to buy into the idea of "fairness" instead of looking through the lens of justice.

The idea of fairness is very subjective and highly emotional. Due to this dynamic, when you feel victim to something not being fair you open yourself up for bitterness, resentment, and offense. These are tactics from the enemy because it's evident that bitterness, resentment, and offense will not set you up to succeed.

Remember, God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• When there's not a Hebrew equivalent for an English word then that concept doesn't exist
• Thinking with this mindset will create offense and block the kingdom from flowing
• The Bible does speak to justice and being just.
• Remove the phrase "that's not fair" from your verbiage and way of thinking and instead think in terms of justice.

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In case you missed it, this episode is releasing on Wednesday instead of Tuesday.

That's because there are a few changes that will be taking place on the podcast. In today's episode I'm going to share with you the shift that is taking place for the podcast and also talk about my process for listening to God's voice and His guidance.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• God will lead us through the desires of our hearts. I had a desire to start a podcast well before I started a podcast.
• Buying back your time will allow you to break free from this system of survival and strife.
• Get really curious when you loose momentum and activities start to feel like a should
• Part of hearing God's voice is the willingness to take action.

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We all have conflict in our life and we all respond to it differently.

There are a lot of people who want to avoid conflict and will do anything to get it resolved or set it aside. However, when you don't address conflict the way that you should it actually magnifies the conflict and makes it worse.

In today's episode we're going to discuss why you should address conflict and how you can view it differently so that you'll want to make sure that it gets resolved. You will invariably encourage what you tolerate. It can feel like an inconvenience or time consuming to address conflict appropriately but in all cases, when you push it off or avoid addressing conflict, then the situation will always get worse.

Addressing conflict is so imporant because overcoming these obstacles are key to becoming the person that you need to become. God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• When you don't address conflict you're teaching people how to treat you. When you want to be treated differently then you have to start teaching people differently.
• Just like indicator lights in your car …conflicts are simply indicators that something needs to be addressed.
• We think avoiding conflict will help not feel negative feelings that come with it, but it still feels awful to hold the resentment, bitterness, and annoyance that builds when conflict is not addressed.
• You want things to change … but should anything really be different if you've trained a person to respond in a certain way?

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Nobody wants for failure to be their fault. It's easier to place blame on someone or something else. Failing to take responsibility for your life will keep you stuck and prevent you from fulfilling the purpose that God has created for you.

I know that the person that you want to be is someone who takes responbility and not operate out of a victim mentality. You desire to be a person who can look at their beliefs and determine if they are helping you in becoming the person that you need to become.

In today's episode we talk about how you know if you're operate in a victim mentality. Operating from a victim mentality prevents you from growing because an essential part of growth is owning your beliefs and actions. Yet the reality is that it is very comforting to operate from a victim mindset. It is a protection mechanism that allows to avoid feeling the feelings that you've determined as negative or bad.

Remember, God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different…and as you'll see today, this starts with having an attitude of excellence with what may feel like a "small assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• Being around a person who fails to take responbility is draining emotionally and we subconsciouly start to move away from that person emotionally and physically.
• Your circumstances are a result of your belief system
• When you're operating from a victim mentality the focus is always externally and you never questioning  your thoughts and beliefs to see how they're contributing to the circumstance.
• Taking offense is an indicator that you're operating in a victim mentality.

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What would you say if I told you that there was point in Jesus' ministry where he could not do what he wanted to do?

In today's episode we're going to talk about offense, and how offense will stop or negate the work that God wants to do in your life. When Jesus was ministering in his home town the people in his town took offense at him, and the Bible says that Jesus COULD NOT do a miracle because of their offense.

This word used in the passage is the Greek word Skandalizo, which means to create a stumbling block. You can also see this is where we get our English word scandal or scandalous. Let's dive into this concept and get really curious about how offense might be blocking you from receiving something from God.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different…and as you'll see today, this starts with having an attitude of excellence with what may feel like a "small assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• Offense creates a stumbling block that prevents us from putting trust in someone.
• This same word is used in the parable of the sower when the heat comes and we fall away
• Religion is at the root of the places where we take offense and it blocks the kingdom from operating.
• What is offense blocking in your life?

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Burn the ships! 

I would assume that you are familiar with the story of where this saying originated. It comes from 1519 during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, when Hernán Cortés the Spanish commander, burned his ships so that his men would have to conquer or die. Basically, he created a point of no return for himself and his men.

In today's episode I want to  talk about how the idea of having a plan B sounds both wise and safe but it actually prevents us from fulfilling the purpose that God has put in our lives. The reality is that our plan is really the plan, and your brain thinks that it is protecting you by having a plan "B". 

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different…and as you'll see today, this starts with having an attitude of excellence with what may feel like a "small assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• Your brain will follow the plan "B" because that is where you have placed your confidence. 
• Plan "B"s are normally in contradiction to what we're called to do in faith
• Get really curious about your plan "B" ... what does it tell you about your beliefs?

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Today is part 1 of a 2 part interview with special guest Hannah Keeley. I asked Hannah to come on the show today to talk about her journey with "God ideas" and what her experience has been co-laboring with God in her assignment.

Hannah Keeley is America's #1 Mom Coach, founder of Mom Mastery University and Covenant Coach Academy, bestselling author, speaker, and the host of the PBS reality series, "Hannah, Help Me!" She has been featured on the Today show, Rachael Ray, Fox news, and the Wall Street Journal.

Key Takeaways:

• What do I need to believe about myself right now? And step into that identity.
• Counseling is working more toward coping with versus overcoming
• The church is broken and we're called to be bright lights for a the kingdom of God
• When we show up broken it to the world it looks like we have a neglectful father.

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Today is part 1 of a 2 part interview with special guest Hannah Keeley. I asked Hannah to come on the show today to talk about her journey with "God ideas" and what her experience has been co-laboring with God in her assignment.

Hannah Keeley is America's #1 Mom Coach, founder of Mom Mastery University and Covenant Coach Academy, bestselling author, speaker, and the host of the PBS reality series, "Hannah, Help Me!" She has been featured on the Today show, Rachael Ray, Fox news, and the Wall Street Journal.

Key Takeaways:

• We're not broken we're just out of align with where God wants us to be
• There's a system that keeps people imprisoner and there's one that allows us to be free
• We all have to pay for something in life. I'd rather pay to learn than pay the cost of not knowing. The cost of not knowing is always more than paying the cost to learn.
• God doesn't ask for our ability .. He asks for our availability

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Show description:

Success is a lot of small decisions that God is gradually directing you toward your destiny. Therefore, God wants to continually posture us and move us toward our assignment but we'll only be postured in such a way if we allow ourselves to be.

In today's episode, we talk about the prerequisites that need to be in place for you to step into your God-given assignment. Luke 16:11 says, "So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?" This indicates that the first step to walking out our spiritual assignment there's a faithfulness that needs to be proven in the natural realm.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different…and as you'll see today, this starts with having an attitude of excellence with what may feel like a "small assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• You cannot move toward something that you cannot imagine.
• Your desires will either drag you into greater purpose or dead ends in life.
• There is a testing period in the natural the precedes walking in the spiritual
• The trials we face are proving out faith and creating a persistent, consistent, endurance.

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"Count it all JOY, my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds."

What is that supposed to mean? And how can you practically apply it to you life.

In today's episode, we're going to break down James 1:2-4 and see why we are able to face trials and view them through the lens of joy. In my opinion, many believers embrace the idea of suffering just for the sake of suffering. Almost like if they're suffering then they must be doing something right.

This perspective does not fit the character of God. His desire for you is to have everything you need for life and godliness. His desire is for you to be like a tree planted by the water where you continually bear fruit even in the dry seasons. He does not have a masochistic personality where you are supposed to enjoy the pain just because it is hard.

Yet, that seems to be the perspective where most believers approach the testing of their faith. Learning how to "suffer well" for the sake of suffering. Friend, you will see that God's desire for your trials and testing are to help you become the person who lacks nothing. God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• If you're never tested then you can never really know if you're in faith
• There aren't different degrees of faith .. You're either in faith or not in faith
• The testing of faith produces a consistent, persistence endurance. And we know that those who don't give up on doing good will reap a harvest (Gal. 6:9).
• Suffering for the sake of suffering has no purpose.

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Being diligent to finish can actually keep you stuck.

God lead me to a specific program to grow my coaching business but I feel like I received what I needed to receive from the program without finishing.

In today's episode I talk about how being obedient to the Spirit can lead you to start something and not finish. Yet, if you're like me, there are times where it becomes difficult to not finish the work. For example, anytime I read a book I feel like I need to finish, and that's because I have made the goal reading the book instead of extracting the wisdom or skills that God is intending for me.

So, here's your permission to stop … but only when God is leading you elsewhere. And if God is not leading you elsewhere, then there is a good chance that what you're doing is working on you to become more.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• God may lead you to start something with the intentions that you won't finish what you start
• You can slow yourself down in God's plan for you if you're so focused on finishing everything you start
• Watch for God's movement and use your desires as a clue to His guidance
• If it's difficult to move… ask yourself, "How is it serving me to stay here?"

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Your desires are clues to your God-given assignment and the potential that you contain.

In today's episode, we're going to discuss how God speaks to us and guides through the desires that we have on our heart. The desires and burdens for people to take action in certain areas are unique to them. The advesary positions our thoughts against us so that we stay stuck.

There are two words that the Bible uses for desires and one means petition and the other is used in regards to lusts and covetousness.

God has called us to create to co-labor with him, and these petitions and requests are a necessary part to succeeding in the assignment that He has for you. God says in His word says that man plans his way, his course of life, and God directs each step and establishes those steps to prosper the plan. .

Yet, the desire of lust and covetousness comes in when we're unwilling to become the person He has called us to be. James 4 says that we do not have because we do not ask and when we do ask and fail to receive it's because we asked with the wrong motive. We asked with the motive to fulfill our lusts and covetousness instead of fulfilling His plan and purpose.

Friend, you have a natural leaning that will guide us in our assignment and when you petition God for the things you need in our assignment He will bring it to pass.

Key Takeaways:

• We're called to create and be creators and God uses our desires to work for us in order to fulfill his  purpose for our life.
• The enemy knows you'll be hindered in your assignment if he can get you to believe that your desires are bad
• Desires are evidence of something that you contain and need to be developed.
• Your desires become unproductive when we try to use them outside of God's purpose and plan for your life.

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Lack of knowledge will bring destruction, and our adversary uses this against us. We will miss out on God's purpose and plan for our life due to lack of knowledge.

In today's episode we're going to talk about the significance of the Hebrew number 8, and how it's connected to God's covenant promises to His people.

The number 8 always speaks of a God - human partnership, and the Hebrew word for the number 8 means to make fat - to satiate. There is an implied idea that there is more than enough. The number 7 means complete, and therefore one more than 7 is more than enough.

In that idea, more than enough, God ties 8 character traits His personal name. These 8 character traits inform us about God's identity, but the fact that there are 8 names implies that He is more than enough. God's methods bring freedom and security, but the method's of the world methods bring a false security and slavery. .

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• God ties 8 character traits of His covenant promises to personal name.
• 8 is a sign of a abundance; it's a sign of more than enough.
• A blood covenant was stronger than a contract. Death was the consequence of not fulfilling on your covenant promises.
• If we don't have the knowledge of who God is then we'll miss all that God has for us

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A desire is a clue to something you contain inside of you. 

It's an expression of God that He wants to get out into the world. Creating financial security and how God's way leads to security and the other method of security creates a false sense of security which leads to bondage.

God's word tells us that we are coworkers with Him. He will do his part and we must do our part. Yet, the are a lot of Christian circles that think since God is all powerful He will provide more like a genie than a business partner. This relationship is very similar to a farmer.

Just like a farmer who puts seed in the ground, he can only do his part by farming and tending to the seed and crops. His success requires God to send the sun and rain.

There are two passages in Genesis that talk about living off the fat of the land, but each passage uses a differnet word for fat. There is an insight that I want to share with you around the difference of each word and how it relates to you succeeding and serving in your God-given assignment.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• God will give us everything we need, but we need to do our part
• One of the easiest ways to enslave someone is to give them everything they need without working for it
• The number 8 in Hebrew is a symbol of new beginnings, and actually means "becoming fat" which means there is more than enough.
• God is our source but too often we trust in the resources.

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Did you know that God has given us everything we need for life? Everything is available to you through his "precious and magnificent promises" (2 Peter 1:3-4).You might be thinking, "What are these promises?" They're terms of a covenant that He has made with us.

In today's episode we're going to talk about blood covenants and what that means in the Hebrew culture versus the western world where we think more in terms of contracts. Most of us don't understand the depth of a covenant and what it entails. This was a common thing in the middle east culture and the typical blood covenant had nine steps.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

Key Takeaways:

• A covenant is a much stronger agreement than a contract.
• God created a covenant with Abraham for him and his descendants
• Jesus set a new covenant in place that allows for anyone to be a descendant of Abraham.
• Jesus' scars are signs of His eternal covenant with us.

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No successful person has every reached a high level of success on their own.

In today's episode we're going to discuss why it's so important to connect with other people. The reality is that God created the world so that we would connect with other people and serve his children. We can see this principle in the world around us as most elements in the periodic table are useless unless they're combined with another element.

The fear of financial insecurity is generally what holds us back from making an investment into our growth and into our assignment because we wouldn't hesitate to make an investment into ourselves if we new the result was guaranteed. There might be a belief that we won't get the result which creates a fear that we would have wasted the money.

God created you to succeed in your life purpose, and succeeding in that purpose will require walking in faith.

Key Takeaways:

• To create at the highest level you'll need to start thinking about who you'll need to connect with
• Survival, instead of prospering, is the best you can do when you try to do everything by yourself
• Results can be expedited when working someone else but we usually don't because we are afraid to pay the money
• We make unintelligent decisions when we're making decisions out of fear because our brain is in fight, flight, or freeze mode.

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What does it mean to be in faith and why is it so important?

In today's episode, we dig into the faith and why it's so important as a believer to live a life characterized by faith. Faith is the way that we can bring God's power into our everyday life. God has given us precious promises that give us everything we need for life AND godliness. Hebrews 11 is one of the most famous passages about faith and it tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God.

Let's dive into how you can build your faith so that you can succeed in your assignment and play your necessary part to growth God's kingdom.

Key Takeaways:

• Faith is being fully persuaded that God has the power to do what He's promised
• Faith and salvation are not the same thing. Salvation is a promise that God offers us and that promises is received by faith.
• Understanding the parable of the sower is the key to understanding all the other parables about the Kingdom of God.
• We should focus on creating because humans are the only people who can create more value than what we need.

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Your view of work has been most likely been tainted and potentially causing you to, unintentionally, believe that work is about survival.

In today's episode, we dig into the most common perspective of work, and how the idea of retirement actually reveals to us what we believe about work. In the Hebrew language the word for work can also mean worship. And one thing about the Hebrew language is that when the same Hebrew word has multiple definitions then those ideas and concepts are always connected. Which this reveals to us that our work should be worshipful, and it should be to serve God and to serve other people.

Let's take a look at the three beliefs that we have about work and what new beliefs we need to hold in order to bring worship into our work.

Key Takeaways:

• Being made in the image of God, our work is working together with God and create
• Working toward mastery increases your skill but also increases the quality of your work
• We become more productive as we age because we have a bigger network and learn how to communicate better
• We should focus on creating because humans are the only people who can create more value than what we need.

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Fear will cause you to forfeit your destiny.

In today's episode we discuss how enemy uses fear against you in order to prevent you from walking in your purpose. This continually shows up and it will show up in three different areas of life. He will tempt you to diminish the small beginnings, he will use the fear of the public to cause you do doubt your purpose, and he will raise the stakes when you're on the verge of taking hold of your destiny.

In order to succeed in your life purpose you must win the battle with fear in your personal life, public life, and in the battle to occupy your destiny. Let's talk about what that looked like for some biblical heroes and how you can apply it to your life today.

Key Takeaways:

• Don't diminish the small beginnings and fall into the trap that you're not enough.
• God is watching to see if you'll be faithful when it feels like your in a place of insignificance.
• Fear is contagious and the enemy will try and use public fear to stop you from succeeding in your purpose
• People are depending on you to occupy your destiny and fulfill your purpose

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Learning something new it can be difficult. Well, it doesn't have to be difficult once you are familiar with how to learn.

In today's episode we discuss the seven lies of learning from Jim Kwik's book Limitless. These myths are the things that are holding you back from creating a breakthrough. Believing these myths prevent you from creating the things that we want to create in life, and they become the lifeblood to the excuses that we can't do something or that we're not enough.

Learning how to learn will allow you to tap into your unlimited potential, and the first step is unlearning all the bad beliefs that are impeding your progress.

Key Takeaways:

• Life is not about comparing yourself to anyone else but simply becoming more today than you were yesterday
• You are not your mistakes
• Learning consists of systems and processes, and learning can be fun when you implement those systems and processes
• The criticism of others doesn't matter. You and the Holy Spirit at the only opinions that matter when setting the course for your life.

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We have a tendancy to wait when we face uncertainty.

Our brain freezes because uncertainty creates a feeling of fear. For example, when it comes to business you may have found yourself saying, "I'll generate more cash flow first before investing into a development or skill that I need." Even though the skill and personal development is what you need to create cash flow, your brain will convince you that it's better to wait.

In today's episode we talk about how the most successful people identify what is needed now and will engage in that solution immediately. By taking action you're taking steps toward becoming the person that you need to become in order to create what you're trying to create because when you are willing to operate from a state of uncertainty your brain begins to find solutions. It will find solutions that you would not have seen otherwise because it's trying to create certainty.

Key Takeaways:

• Sooner is better because it creates more time to generate a return on your investment
• Your brain will convince you to wait because it's trying to protect you from uncertainty.
• Learning to live with fear can open the door to poor influences, confusion, and depression.
• The longer that you wait the more your brain will move into a fear state of fight, flight, or freeze.

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What if success didn't need to be hard?

In today's episode we talk about the belief that success needs to be hard, and how we try to "white knuckled" discipline in order to get there. Yet, this will never work because you're not activating your God-given desires. Getting curious about your desires will help you navigate the plan that God has for you.

What if your desires and passions were the fuel that propel you to success in your assignment, and yet, too often we push them aside either because we're afraid to pursue them or think that they're bad. Walking out your assignment successfully will always require effort, a plan, and obedience to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. It does not have to include stress, anxiety, fear, and overwhelm.

Key Takeaways:

• Your story is needed to help others succeed In the future.
• We complicate the process of success because subconsciously we belive that success needs to be hard
• Stop thinking in a competition mindset and start thinking in a creator mindset
• Regardless of the circumstance, your brain sabotages your success with the same pattern.

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Paul said in Romans 7:15, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."

Do you have a goal but for some reason it just seems like you keep falling up short?

In today's episode we discuss why you get stuck in a cycle of doing things you don't want to do but you just can't seem to stop. There's this idea that in order to be successful you need to have massive amounts of discipline. Yet, when you try to discipline yourself it doesn't seem to work and it creates this fear or hopelessness that it will never work. The fact that it's not working actually creates a lot of guilt and shame that causes a downward spiral proving that you're "not enough".

As a believer, the enemy wants you to believe the lie that not being disciplined means that your not a good Christian or you're not going to make an impact for the kingdom of God. Friend, this episode will explain to you how discipline is as simple as riding a horse.

Key Takeaways:

• Discipline is the spiritual side of you guiding the physical side of you
• The desires that you have are from God, but they become destructive when we try to fulfill those desires outside of God's design
• You must learn how to lead yourself before you can lead others
• People struggle to be disciplined because there's an underlying belief that success needs to be hard

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What is potential?

Potential is having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.

Your potential does not have a limit because God's design for the world is increase and advancement. We were designed to grow and see advancement. For example, one apple seed has infinity potential because it can produce multiple apple orchards. Similar to apples, we have an unlimited potential because we can always continue to become more.

In today's episode, we talk about the four drivers to your potential and how It takes money to maximize your potential. We're going to talk about why it's so important to have money to maximize your potential. Potential is having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.

Key Takeaways:

• Four areas of our potential are wisdom, freedom, health, and connection.
• Rich isn't a number … it's simply having all you want for the life that you want to live.
• If you believe that making money is an evil activity then you'll never be able to reach your full potential
• The way to achieve wealth is to serve others well, be honorable, and be trustworthy.

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Let's talk about the Kingdom of God and how it is calling for you to step into your assignment here on earth. Our life on earth is meant to take vengeance on the enemy for our God and grow the Kingdom of God.

In our Christian culture we love to celebrate the deliverance of God, people coming to salvation, but we tend to miss what he is delivering us into and that is our assignment. There's more to our salvation than just a "get out of hell pass”, and people will hold the belief that the point of our time on earth is about suffering well.

In today's episode, we discuss the picture of how God delivered Israel from Egypt but was taking them to the promised land. This picture is a great image of how Christians are being delivered from their life of slavery and bondage into the inheritance that God promises.

Let's talk about what it looks like to be fruitful and take enemy for the kingdom of God.

Key Takeaways:

• Part of walking into your destiny is a land that needs to be conquered. There is kingdom territory to be taken.
• Jesus provided a better way. A more complete way that brings peace and rest.
• When you brace the idea that God has a distinct and distinguished purpose then your life will be vengeance of our God
• God calls us trees of righteousness that will bring glory to God

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Beliefs are simply decisions about life, and those decisions are the best way we can materialize those beliefs. Let's talk about beliefs and how beliefs are actually decisions that we make and how our decisions play out in our destiny. If you want to do more in life or fulfill your purpose all you need to do is simply make a new decision. You must give yourself permission to hold a new belief.

Doing better without becoming more will always keep you stuck, and one of the most pervasive mindsets that keep us stuck is the mindset of competition. In today's episode, we talked about competition versus creator and how one mindset keeps you stuck and limited and the other mindset it gives you freedom and abundance.

Let's assess the decisions that we're currently making to create our results in life.

Key Takeaways:

• Start by making an empowered decision that keeps you focused on creating
• Our reticular activating systems acts like a filter in your brain that finds evidence to prove your beliefs
• Thoughts are physical things and when we create a new belief we actually make a physical change in the brain.
• Your brain does not know the difference between reality and imagination.

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Should you play to your strengths or work on developing your weaknesses?

In today's episode we talk about how your growth is hidden in your limitations, and we're going to discuss how your growth is connected to your limitations. Using your strengths is important to your growth but being willing to strategically use your limitations will take you to the next level.

Your limitations will reveal to you who you need to become and the repetitive use of a limited ability will always increase your capacity. In order to increase your capacity it requires that you use a limited ability over and over again. This will not only increase your capacity but will also increase your happiness because happiness is connected to growth.

Key Takeaways:

• You will experience growth when you're humble enough to repetitively use a limited ability
• The key to increasing your capacity is being willing to strategically lean in to a limited ability
• The tension and confusion that you're feeling in your life will reveal the areas where you need to become more
• When you solely focus on playing to your strengths you limit who you can become because you only      operate in the person you've already become

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Fear has killed more dreams that failure ever could.

In today's episode we talk about failure and why you shouldn't be afraid of it. Failure does not feel good yet you can regain power in your life by changing the perception around failure.

Failure is simply the story that you assign to an outcome that you didn't desire. Creating a different perspective around failure allows you to walk in an increased feeling of gratitude and move yourself forward.

For example, when you took chemistry in high school and an experiment didn't go the way you thought it would, did you see yourself as an epic failure or did you became really curious? Part of being a good scientist is to get really curious and make new discoveries about the outcome. The same can be true with our life.

Listen in as we cover the four perspectives that you can have to reframe failure and move forward without fear.

Key Takeaways:

• There is no such thing as failure only feedback
• The fear of failure comes from the story that we add to an objective circumstance
• Your story feels so believable because you tell it to yourself continually
• When you can hold the belief that God is working all things for good then you know he has something better for you

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This is part two of my interview with Danielle Fenster.

Danielle is an amazing business woman and transformation coach. Her and her husband Waldon live in the Chicago area and have four beautiful children. She loves people, fun, fashion, good dessert, and most importantly a lover of Jesus.

One thing that I deeply admire about Danielle is how she obeys and follows the Spirit, and by doing so her life is full of stories that many would call miraculous. She is on a mission to share the miraculous with the world and help people break free from the thoughts and beliefs that are impeding them from seeing the miraculous in their own life.

Key Takeaways:

• The limiting beliefs that we hold can get in the way of miracles that God wants to flow through our life
• God wants to flow through our lives but we have to be open and available
• When we project our story onto God we begin to doubt His word and if it can be true in our life
• We must surrendering the things we're holding onto before the vision of something new can come in

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This is part one of two part interview with Danielle Fenster.

Danielle is an amazing business woman and transformational coach. Danielle and her husband Waldon live in the Chicago area and have four beautiful children. She loves people, fun, fashion, good dessert, and most importantly a lover of Jesus.


One thing that I deeply admire about Danielle is how she obeys and follows the Spirit, and by doing so her life is full of stories that many would call miraculous. She is on a mission to share the miraculous with the world and help people break free from the thoughts and beliefs that are impeding them from seeing the miraculous in their own life.

Key Takeaways:

• The desire of learning how to make money created an opportunity to hear the gospel and accept Jesus as her savior.
• Life and business was transformed when she shifted her perspective from personal gain to serving others
• Following Jesus whole heartedly comes from the thought of, "What do I have to lose?"
• Life becomes exciting and extraordinary when you know that God is good and He is always good

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What I’ve found is that many believers feel trapped and confused. They believe God has given them a unique purpose in life but don’t feel the freedom to operate in the truth of who they are out of fear of being rejected and not being enough.

They’re frustrated that life appears to be a zero-sum game and you can’t simultaneously win in the key areas of life, and if you try, you end up doing them all poorly. Most of them feel guilty that they’re not more content or fulfilled with life. They listen to podcasts, read books, attend events to find the right tips, hacks, tactics, and strategies that will bring it all together but aren’t seeing progress.

In today's episode, we discuss how you start to take vengeance on Satan's kingdom when you activate your purpose and walk in your God give assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• When we are fruitful we are reproducing after our own kind. We were made in the image of God and      therefore are called to be creators.
• We're also called to multiply what we create and fill the earth with our creation.
• We're also called to subdue the earth after we have filled it with our creation, and this means to trample down the opposition.
• It's impossible to be fruitful if we fail to become the person God created us to be.

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David Thoreau said, "It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see."

The perceptions that you have in life will directly affect the results you achieve. Therefore, if you're not getting the results that you want then you should change your perceptions. Yet, many times we don't know anything needs to be changed because our perceptions have been ingrained into us since we were five or six years old. These perceptions can keep us bound and feel trapped but since they're operating in our subconscious we don’t realize they need to change.

In today's episode, we talk about 12 perspective shifts that can increase your happiness, kindness, and productivity. These perspectives will help you chart a new course to a more free and abundant life.

Key Takeaways:

• No one is broken or stuck where they are. We are all capable of changing.
• We're all doing the best with what we have, and no one intentionally messes up there life.
• There is an enormous amount of hope when you take 100% responbility for outcomes
• We fail to hit our goals because we spend too much time in an unresourceful state of mind.

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Life can feel like a zero-sum game. Pressing in to succeed in a key area of life feels like you have to sacrifice another key area of life, and as a result it's challenging to feel like you're ever enough. You're not enough in your health, your parenting, your business, your marriage, etc. 

In today's episode we discuss the Hebrew concept of Shalom, what it means, and the hidden meaning that will guide you to a life that is characterized by peace, fullness, and wholeness. Friend, life is not a zero-sum game. Everything God made He made to succeed, and the way you succeed as a human being is to abound in all the key areas of life. To see success in your health, your relationships, your marriage, your business, and your finances. 

We can clearly find this concept in God's word as 3 John 1:2 says, " Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers."

Key Takeaways:

• Many Christians have settled for a life less than what Christ died for them to have
• You can't create a life of peace when you live in a state of chaos and confusion
• The pattern of this world says that we can only win in a few key areas of life, but God's kingdom says we can win in all key areas. 
• The enemy will always bring chaos and confusion whenever you have the intention to create. 

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The first command that God gave to mankind was to "BE FRUITFUL, multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue; and to have dominion."

What does it mean to be fruitful and how does it relate how we operate in our assignment? 

In today's episode we discuss the importance of operating in the identity that God has given you. You have a unique way thinking, feeling, and choosing and when you fail to walk in that identity you miss out on living a life that is true to yourself and a heavy sense of regret. There's a deep desire within all of us to be accepted and to "be enough", but we create trouble when we think that being enough is by meeting the expectations of society, friends, family and culture. 

This can look different for everyone and comes out as our personality. You created your personality as a form of protection. It is the best way you know how to prevent being rejected and facing your greatest fear. Yet, staying within your personality will keep you stuck and prevent you from being fruitful. 

Key Takeaways:

• Bearing fruit requires you breaking the shell of your personality
• We're uniquely created with a unique way of thinking, feeling, and choosing
• Walking in your identity creates new strengths that you'll never have when you stay in personality
• Operating in doubt, overwhelm, and anxiety prevents us from experiencing breakthrough

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This is part two of a two part interview with  Jade Simmons.

Jade is a creator of transformational experiences designed to activate audiences into becoming the biggest, boldest version of themselves possible. The world- class concert artist is also the CEO of Jade Media Global, a revolutionary live experience and global content distribution company specializing in 360 degree personal development and strategic transformation.

Nicknamed “Classical Music ’s #1 Maverick” and named one of the Best Keynote Speakers of 2019 and 2020, her electrifying, genre-bending concert adventures span Rachmaninoff all the way to rap and include virtuoso storytelling, uncommon insights , and boundless inspiration.

Listen in as Jade shares how she has successfully activated her God-given purpose, and how she has allowed the Spirit to guide her throughout the process. Jade's story will inspire, encourage, and be a catalyst to you activating your purpose and assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• Curiosity is key … you need to get beyond your ego and get really curious
• Don't fight rejection because it can be divine protection
• Stop operating on what you have to lose and operate based on what you have to gain
• If you're stuck activating your purpose ask the Lord, "Why me why now?"

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This is part  one of two part interview with  Jade Simmons.

Jade is a creator of transformational experiences designed to activate audiences into becoming the biggest, boldest version of themselves possible. The world- class concert artist is also the CEO of Jade Media Global, a revolutionary live experience and global content distribution company specializing in 360 degree personal development and strategic transformation.

Nicknamed “Classical Music ’s #1 Maverick” and named one of the Best Keynote Speakers of 2019 and 2020, her electrifying, genre-bending concert adventures span Rachmaninoff all the way to rap and include virtuoso storytelling, uncommon insights , and boundless inspiration.

Listen in as Jade shares how she has successfully activated her God-given purpose, and how she has allowed the Spirit to guide her throughout the process. Jade's story will inspire, encourage, and be a catalyst to you activating your purpose and assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• You have a mandate on your life to be fruitful and be prolific
• Being made in God's image we're all called to be creators
• Waiting is an active activity where we're actively seeking the next step God has for us
• There is a difference in walking out purpose instead of just talking about our purpose.

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Philippians 4:13 says that you can do ALL THINGS through Christ who gives you strength?

Well, if that's the case, it's critically important to know how to activate this into your life. When you look around, do you see people living a life that reveals all things are possible? If God's word is truth then He will show you how this truth can be implemented into your life and create a reality where all things are possible.

In today's episode we dig into that exact process. The verses that come before verse 13 outline the process and procedure to being able to do ALL THINGS. Think about what this can make possible for you. How would life change if you knew how to set this truth into motion in full confidence that all things are possible? What if it became more than a common Christian saying?

It would be simple to live out the dreams and desires that God has placed on your heart, and your life would be a powerful testimony for His kingdom.

Key Takeaways:

• You have to find joy and delight in Him
• Being more aware of God's presence than you are your circumstances will give you strength
• There's a way to turn your anxiety into peace
• Where you direct your attention will dramatically impact your results

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Don't you hate the tasks that take three times longer than you initially expected?

The time it takes to get a result will drastically change your experience. For example, many of us - if not all of us - will make a million dollars in our life time. Yet, some of us will make a million dollars over 40 years and some of us will make that in a year. I'm willing to guess that you, like me, would prefer to make the million dollars in year.

Now here's the thing about faster results …. you must be willing to spend money.

In today's episode we discuss the two ways that you pay for achieving a result. You can either spend money or spend your time. Choosing to spend money allows for the result to happen faster but the downside is that you don't gain the experience of completing the task. Spending your time to learn and complete the activity is going to cost you in time but you also gain the experience of completing the task.

Let's talk about when it's appropriate to spend money and when it's appropriate to spend your time. We'll also discuss why you erroneously choose to spend your time and the impact it has on your results and life.

Key Takeaways:

• I was able to create a result in 90 days that I had been trying to create in the last 15 years
• The main reason we don't pay for results is the fear of financial insecurity.
• There is a time when you should not pay for faster results
• Operating in fear will cause you to make poor decisions

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You have an amazing imagination. 

In fact, your mind does not know how to differentiate between imagination and reality. In fact, Harvard Medical School researchers have investigated the power of imagination with a group of volunteers who had no prior experience playing the piano. There was a group who intensely practiced the piano for 5 days and a group who imagined themselves going through the same piano practice as the other group. What did they find? They found that the brain activity was almost identical between the two groups. 

In today's episode we talk about the importance of harnessing your imagination in your life. In order to create anything in life you must have an vision and image of what you are trying to create. Here's the problem, most people spend most, if not all, of their imagination on outcomes that they do not want to happen. They visualize running out of money, failing on a project, and not being able to provide for their loved ones. These thoughts keep people in a state of overwhelm, anxiety, and doubt. It robs them of their energy and does not leave a reservoir of energy to create anything new. 

 God's word says that without a vision people perish. That word for perish implies that they're exposed and vulnerable to harm. Yet, those who have a vision and direction for their life are happy and blessed. 

Key Takeaways:

• How to use your imagination to hack your brain and create your desired results. 
• Our brains cannot tell the difference between reality and what we experience in our imagination
• There's power in having a clear vision for what you're trying to create 
• God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine

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