The Punctuality of a King (Part 1)

Suppose you're the big cheese - King, CEO or guest of honor.  If someone else comes late to dinner, his dinner is cold.  But the dinner can't start without you, so if you come late to dinner, everyone else's dinner is cold too.  

Lack of punctuality by the king imposes a cost on everyone else.  Showing up on time is courteous to others...and it actually is a way of showing that the welfare of other people...matters to you. 

Is punctuality serious? Evidently not, for some. On the other hand, it is valued highly by others.

"PROMPTITUDE" is not only a duty but it is also good manners. It positions you with favor and increases your reputation and influence.

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"I give it as my deliberate and solemn conviction 

that the individual who is habitually tardy in meeting 

an appointment, will never be respected 

or successful in life." - W. Fisk

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Should Leaders be punctual? YES.  

A LACK of PUNCTUALITY sends the following message....

1. MISTREATMENT OF OTHERS

• A lack of punctuality is a THEFT of someone else's time.
• An employee who is continually late for work is STEALING their company's time.
• Friends who agree upon a time to meet, but don't show up on time are trampling someone else's time under foot.
  
• A lack of punctuality is a lack of RESPECT for others.
• Most of us would never be late for an appointment with The President of the United States or a boss at work.
• If we HONOR others better than ourselves, we will make it a point to be on time when meeting with them.
  
• A lack of punctuality violates the GOLDEN RULE.
• Matthew 7:12 states that we are to treat others as we would want to be treated.
• Suppose you were teaching a class, and half the class was consistently late?  How would that make you feel about the time you spent preparing?
  
• A lack of punctuality is a violation of the GREATEST COMMANDMENT.
• We are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and STRENGTH. (Mark 12:30)
• Consider this...when we are late for meetings/appointments to worship God or to learn about God, it may be an indicator that God is not really as important as whatever it is that is causing to be late.  Of course, not all tardiness can be helped...but when we are habitually late, we must examine our attitude towards The Lord. 
• If you are normally on time for other appointments but are usually late for worship or prayer...then consider your heart and whether you have TARDINESS OF THE SOUL. (Some might consider that as backsliding.)

2. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

• A lack of punctuality is a loss of POWER.
• The best plans in the world, the greatest intentions and the potential for increase are all sacrificed because someone is "ALWAYS LATE."
• There are some people who always fail in whatever they undertake simply because they are always "BEHIND TIME."
• Consider this...five minutes in a crisis is worth YEARS. Five minutes could be the difference between saving your finances and future.
• If there is one VIRTUE that should be cultivated more than another it is PUNCTUALITY.
• If there is one ERROR that should be avoided, it is being consistently LATE.
  
• A lack of punctuality causes a loss FELLOWSHIP, SERVICE and REVELATION.
• When you're late, you miss time to connect with the very people God wants to use to PROMOTE you or NETWORK you into your future.
• The opportunity to be of SERVICE, should there be a last minute need, is lost when you're late.
• The opportunity to HEAR some POINT, some TRUTH, that was presented prior to arriving late...is lost.

Have you squandered opportunities 

due to a lack of punctuality?

You'll be 100% When You Learn To Be Content

What do you need to be HAPPY?  Some might say "people, places or possessions." Is happiness derived from JUST those things?

Some think that to truly be happy in life you need: 

1. Someone to LOVE 
2. Something to DO  
3. Something to HOPE for

Honestly, I think those things are pretty spot on. However, we have a way of frustrating ourselves and relationships when we look for happiness where it doesn't exist - unrealistic goals, things, short-lived friendships or even trying to impress the wrong people.

HAPPINESS and CONTENTMENT aren't pills you take.  They are life choices you make internally and externally based on experience, security, desire and outlook.


10 Pitfalls That Lead To Discontentment

1. People Pleasing - You end up getting hurt when you lose yourself trying to please everyone else.  You'll never be able to please everyone! At some point, you're going to have to hold on tight to who you are and not worry about losing the grip of others.
   
   
2. Looking for the Easy Way - Honestly, you'll be happiest when you put the pedal to the metal and meet the rubber where it meets the road. That means, you have to be willing to do what no one else is doing. Being willing to work hard for your dreams will separate you from the day dreamers and will define you.  It's really the difference between living and existing!
   
   
3. Insisting on Guarantees - To get to where you want to be, you have to tear walls down and build more bridges. You have to take CHANCES. RUN instead of walk. If you're going to be successful, you will have to be a DREAMER, a BELIEVER and a COURAGEOUS and CHEERFUL thinker!  The people that impress me the most and inspire me to dream lofty dreams of my own are POSITIVE MOTIVATORS, PRODUCTIVE DOERS and GO-GETTERS!
   
   
4. Competing with Everyone - You'll wear yourself out trying to compete with everyone else! You don't have to be smarter, richer or more attractive than the person next to you. Honestly, the people who aren't COMPETING are ENJOYING life because they're not near as worn out trying to race around to be better than everyone else. Listen...if you're going to compete with anyone...compete with yourself!
   
   
5. Being in Control - Friend...quit trying to control every aspect of your life.  RELAX and RIDE the path that life has you on and you'll discover a new found FREEDOM! It's when you take your hands off of everything that is insignificant and uncontrollable that you get to experience more of the GOODNESS in life!  I've begun to realize that it's often the UNEXPECTED SURPRISES that arrive when you are FLEXIBLE and OPEN to life's twists and turns.
   
   
6. Event Driven - It's the small things that have the most meaning in our everyday life. Sometimes, we focus on the BIG EVENTS like weddings, graduations, parties, birthdays, anniversaries and vacations...but these TIMES PASS because TIME PASSES. Learn to take joy in the small, everyday things...like the smile of your kids, the satisfaction of a home cooked meal or the fresh feeling of a manicured lawn.
   
   
7. Relationship Affirmation - We need RELATIONSHIPS...but happiness and contentment originate from WITHIN.  We cannot rely on the external validation of other people to achieve happiness.  When we become co-dependent on other people to achieve our affirmation, we become vulnerable and easily hurt because of INSECURE FEELINGS. Never give people POWER over you.  Be at PEACE with who you are or you'll never be CONTENT with what you have or who you're with. LOVE yourself FIRST.
   
   
8. Never Disagree - Honestly, as long as there are people, there will be DIFFERENCES of OPINION. That's OK. There will be times you'll see things differently from others and you will need to voice your opinion.  That's OK too.  However, it is not OK to be disrespectful in doing it. Effective communication is paramount! You have to talk it out sometimes.
   
   
9. Past Possessed - Some people act like their past experiences were better than they actually were.  They look at the present like it's horrible and they consider the future to be fair at best.  That's not the way to look at things.  If everything that comes out of your mouth is "yesterday, yesterday, yesterday" then you need to shift gears quickly. Learn to appreciate your PAST without reliving it, handle your PRESENT with confidence and face your FUTURE without fear!
   
   
10. Be Happy 24/7 - Really? That's not going to happen. Think about it...you can't be HAPPY unless you're UNHAPPY sometimes. Life is life and you're not always going to be on top of HAPPY MOUNTAIN. It's normal to fluctuate from day-to-day, month-to-month and even year-to-year. If you think you're supposed to be HAPPY all the time...you'll end up feeling DISILLUSIONED.  Friend...even when life is stressful, you still have a CHOICE in how you respond.

Just do your best and take life one day at a time.  Limit the amount of complaining you do and be GRATEFUL for the little things that mean a lot!

(S)hoppers

Just as one applies sunscreen to protect from harmful rays, SMART CHURCHES use a membership class that helps to screen out church (s)hoppers by stating up front the mission, vision, structure, strategies, and membership expectations.

Churches are built and sustained by people who have attached themselves to a dream, vision, strategy, etc., for reaching their community and world. Their personal dream comes to pass because they are under the umbrella of a corporate dream.  (Don't believe me? Ask Joseph.)

Our focus must always be "fresh fish!" (Matthew 28:19-20) 

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

I'm not interested in building a church with transplants from other churches...been there done that. (Not interested in repeating.)  I'm interested in training the group, I do life with, how to REACH the lost and DISCIPLE those they WIN to Christ.

Not everyone who comes to your church from another church is trouble. Some people come because they "buy in" to the dream of your vision. They see themselves attached to it and want their seed-line exposed to the same philosophy.

But SOME people come because: 

• They couldn't sustain a healthy existence where they were previously, 
• Have baggage, 
• Are trouble makers, 
• Couldn't or wouldn't be corrected, 
• They don't know where else to go, 
• Want a position, 
• Have a problem with their previous church or pastor...and the list goes on.

Believe me...if they come to your house talking about their woes from another house...it won't be long till they're sitting at someone else's desk talking to THEM about YOU the same way. I have a solution for this... "Keep it moving!"

You can never build with people who aren't sons. 

Sadly, time and time again I see pastors trying to LURE people to come to their church by offering them a position or a promise. Friends...it won't work or last.

Sons are BORN in not HIRED in.

IF an individual doesn't have the heartbeat of the house...they will leave the first time PRESSURE is applied. (In the form of correction, direction, assumption, etc.)

The problem I see in the fish bowl is that we have too many pastors/leaders trying to build their churches/ministries with people that God never said build with.

The bottom line...build with people who have the same heartbeat as you. Anything other than that with throw you and your church into arrhythmia.

I love ALL people and welcome anyone who comes to our church. But honestly, if they are too continue with us it will be because they have BOUGHT INTO THE DREAM, which exceeds the personality of the pastor, and have made it their own. Then and only then will you see longevity and fruitfulness in their tenure.

Focus on the people you have.  Raise them. Train them. Use them.  Everything you need is already in your house. If not, God will SEND you what you need in the right SEASON for the right REASON.  If you try to make it happen in the flesh, you'll end up with TREASON.

When interviewing people, who start attending your church, ask them "why are you here?" Believe me...the response you get from that direct question will tell you everything you need to know.

Use a membership class that helps to screen out church (s)hoppers by stating up front the mission, vision, structure, strategies, and membership expectations.

You can't build with (s)hoppers. Stop trying to.

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The Spirit of Honor

God wants you to live long & be healthy because the longer you live, the more IMPACT & INFLUENCE you can potentially have. God wants you to have influence because He wants mankind, His sons & daughters to know Him & make Him known. If we die young & have no influence, we do not have or engage in the privilege to extend our/His legacy on the earth.

God wants to bless you. God wants to honor you. God wants you to be prosperous & live a long, healthy life, which is His gift to you. It is what we do with our life, that is our gift back to God. The enemy of your soul, does not want you to get HONOR, because he doesn’t want you to give HONOR. Your enemy the devil, does not want you to be “well off” nor does he want you to “live long!” His goal is to take you out, make you ineffective & to be cursed with insignificance!

Understand today: the enemy cannot do anything about YOU giving & showing honor. Dishonor becomes a tool from the devil being able to stop the purpose & progress of God in your life. You can change your life…your circumstances & most importantly your future, by getting a SPIRIT OF HONOR back in your life.

#YouGotThis

#Vision

As you look back on your life, you will often realize that many of the times you thought you were being rejected from something good, you were in fact being redirected to something better.  

You can’t control everything.  Sometimes you just need to relax & have faith that things will work out.  Let go & just let God.  Because sometimes the truths you can’t change, end up changing you & helping you grow.

Vision without action is a daydream & action without vision is a nightmare.

It’s crazy how you always end up where you’re meant to be – how even the most tragic & stressful situations eventually teach you important lessons that you never dreamed you were going to learn.  Oftentimes when things felt like they were falling apart, they were actually falling into place. 

Your dream/vision will come to pass if you determine to outlive, outlast & outplay your hesitance, hindrance & haters! 

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In Alignment, Out of Alignment

Building a church is COMPLEX for us but CONCISE for Jesus. He said "I will build my church." (Matthew 16:18)

At the Genesis, I think we must work on building ourselves, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to get HEALTHIER in our THINKING, SPEAKING & LIVING.

If we can start with our HEART and our HOMES it will flow naturally into whatever we set our HANDS to...both in secular work and in ministry work.

How HEALTHY are you? (Big question...loaded question.)

• Physical body?
• Spirit man?
• Relationships with your spouse, kids, family, leaders, church family, neighbors, employer, etc?

If we are going to enjoy the benefits of what Jesus is building...then we must be in ALIGNMENT with His protocol and structure. Ignoring or blatantly disregarding these elementary things will begin to produce evidence of misalignment.

Some Misalignment Indicators:

• Ignoring vital relationships 
• Disrespect
• Slothfulness and sloppiness in work
• Loss of desire
• Self-promotion

Attempting to build outside His pattern makes us doomed for demolition from the get go. Following His blueprints ensures that every area of our life will FIT and LAST for many years to come. Furthermore. we cannot assume that we can FIT with everyone else if we refuse to FIT with those who keep watch over our soul.

Our church is a reflection of our homes. Whatever is going on in our house will flow into the church house. Let's keep it HEALTHY and HOLY so we can experience a HAPPY life together.

We are helping Jesus build HIS church...NOT our personal ministry. When we seek recognition for the work we are being paid to do or volunteer to do...then we've made it about our own personality rather than His eternal purpose.

Let us hide behind His cross and allow all the glory to go to Him. It's HIS building. It's HIS pattern. It's HIS name we are attempting to make famous. We will see HIS church built when we seek HIS face in prayer, repent of areas of weakness and determine to do better going forward.

This is my word for today...possibly the next decade..."HEALTHY!" I am determined more than ever to get healthy and stay healthy.

The University of Diversity

When I look at the beauty of nature, it's clear to me that God loves DIVERSITY.  Look at how many different types of trees, flowers and animals there are.  All of these embody God's DIVERSE nature but more importantly His love.

Although similar, each is distinct with it's own differences and uniqueness.  Fish live in water and have the ability to swim and get their oxygen from the water. Yet, they are DIVERSE in their color, size, swimming patterns, etc.

We can see DIVERSITY in everything God's hand touches.

Look at the people around you. We are all similar yet very different.  DIVERSE in size, skin color, shape, temperament, gender, age and ideas.  God placed in each of us the ability to produce a DIVERSE population called "mankind."  Every people group, with their unique characteristics, came from Adam and Eve.  Our very existence reveals God's fingerprint of DIVERSITY!

Jesus told His church to "GO TO ALL NATIONS" and "PREACH TO EVERY NATION and KINDRED and TONGUE and PEOPLE!" (Matthew 28:18 / Revelation 14:6).  God intends to remove all BARRIERS to INCLUDE everyone! His INCLUSION demonstrates His extraordinary love for EVERYONE.  His example is our example.  We must reflect His love by embracing DIVERSITY!

We must not LOSE God's desire and heart for a DIVERSE family. God's love belongs to everyone and He wants His church to reflect this value for all individuals, not matter how different they may appear.

Our church should reflect the DIVERSITY of creation. When we demonstrate how HIGH, DEEP and WIDE His love is to the world...we are reinforcing the fact that in God there is neither Jew nor Greek, no bond nor free, no male or female (Colossians 3:11).  In other words, within the heart of God, RACE, STATUS, GENDER - neither any human characteristic that makes us different from each other - DOES NOT EXIST!

Our uniqueness, as humans, speaks of how COLORFUL God's palette really is!  Together, we are a beautiful portrait of His family.  We are an extension of His creative imagination but most of all we are a representation of His unconditional love for all.

God knows exactly what He's doing!  He created ONE CHURCH with various cultures. Look at the 12 Disciples...each had their own personalities, backgrounds, spiritual challenges, etc.  They had various issues that arose from their DIFFERENCES.  Early on, the church was put to the test on handling issues arising from DIVERSITY (i.e., the issue of eating of meats offered to idols - 1 Corinthians 8:4-8) of culture.  The Apostle Paul admonished the Corinthian church to be SENSITIVE to their brother and sister by understanding one another's culture and upbringing.  He does NOT make the issue a "right" or "wrong" but rather an issue of LOVE and CONCERN for your brothers or sister.  SAMENESS was not the goal...but rather living PEACEABLY in love with one another was.  Paul knew that LOVE would be the GREATER WITNESS to the world!

“Diversity” is not limited to ETHNICITY and COLOR but has a larger scope of definition that exceeds human characteristics. His church must be INCLUSIVE of DIVERSITY in gender, age, disabilities and ideology. 

Question:  

• Do we (the church) make room for the DIVERSITY God has created within the church?  
• Do we embrace women as equal partners?
• Do we make all ethnic groups feel welcome and whole in the church?
• Are we sensitive to and do we make accommodations for people with disabilities?
• Do we embrace those with differing viewpoints?

Perhaps DIVERSITY is the greatest CHALLENGE facing the church!  How can we live together as ONE FAMILY and embrace, VALUE, APPRECIATE, CELEBRATE and most importantly LOVE our differences?

Can we preach (live) the gospel by accepting DIVERSITY; by accepting God's heart of unconditional love?

My dear FAMILY (brothers and sisters in Christ), we must sincerely love each other and recognize that God’s family is multicultural and DIVERSE. 

We may not reach the same conclusion on our viewpoints, but can we trust and surrender to the Spirit of God to lead us into truth—the gospel of love? 

Are we patient with one another and the Spirit, to allow God to do His work within His family (individually and collectively)? 

Is there enough of God’s Spirit of unconditional love within us to tolerate our individual differences and to see each other from God’s eyes and heart? 

Is there a point where we can meet together on our similarities and unconditionally accept our differences? 

Yes. 

I believe the point that bridges all divides is CHRIST! 

• Christ in you (and I), the hope of His glory (Colossians 1:26-28). 
• God invites and desires all to sup at His table; and He has a seat for each one; for you and me (John 3:16).

Thank God we are seeing more people (and churches) graduate from the school called "FLESH UNIVERSITY" and are now enrolled in the UNIVERSITY OF DIVERSITY!

The Power of Percolating

This past weekend, I learned that if you are going to brew coffee in a percolator, give yourself over an hour for the water to heat, the light to turn on & the strength of the grounds to brew. If you rush it, you'll have watered coffee with no strength.

IT TAKES TIME.

When you allow time to process itself, you'll achieve clarity, strength & maturity.

How many times have you felt pressured to make a decision when you knew you should wait or you were pushed to hurry up because of someone else's impatience? Over time, I've learned not to make hasty decisions.

I want to encourage you to sit still and wait before you make big decisions that impact you, your family and others.

Waiting has benefits. (Isaiah 40:31) 

1. Renew your strength 
2. Mount up like Eagles 
3. Run and not be weary 
4. Walk and not faint.

While you wait, be... 

1. productive
2. proactive
3. persistent 
4. prepared

Also, be honoring and pay attention to the details. Cross your T's and dot your I's. You can't expect promotion if you can't even do the last assignment well. You must always leave something better than when you found it.

Often, God is using the percolating process to sanctify areas of our life that just won't get sanctified if we insist on a microwave mentality. Most people fall into this category. We want things NOW not later. We want it OUR WAY over God's way. We want it FAST not slow.

But the old saying is often true, "good things come to them that wait."

Are you willing to wait on....
- that relationship?
- that ministry?
- that business deal?
- that purchase?
- that move?
- etc

It's when we get in a hurry that we end up frustrating the grace of God in our life. We get the cart before the horse and forget about the preparation process. When we do this, we forfeit the longevity of a promise because we sabotaged it with our misguided zeal.

Zeal is good as long as it's guided and monitored. Left unbridled, it can be offensive and behave itself unseemly - refusing to follow protocol while hiding behind the guise of "I must work while it's day."

• Learn to wait on the edge of your seat. 
• Learn to wait with sugar & cream on hand.
• Learn to wait for the light to turn in your favor.
• Learn to wait for the full strength of what God has promised.

Wait and you'll witness a seamless blessing unfold in your life.

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No Critics Allowed (Part 2)

Continued...

4. The Manipulator

Watch out for manipulators, or bullies, who try to use their negativity to intimidate and manipulate your thoughts. If you study them from a distance, you will realize that these people are overly self-focused. In other words, the people around them (YOU) fit into their plan simply based on how they can be used or manipulated for their own personal gain.

These people routinely prioritize their own feelings and needs over and above everyone else's. They will demand that you bend over backward to help them, but if, you ever need help, they will not be around.

The bottom line:  Some people will say and do anything, thoughtlessly, to get others to do what they want them to do. Do not accept this behavior as normal. When someone tries to bully you, stand up for yourself and say, "Not on my watch! This is out of order!"  And if they refuse to reason with you, walk away without a fight.

5. The Actor

Sometimes, you will have to deal with people who insist that you should be someone else. But, in the long run, it's always better to be disrespected for who you ARE than respected for who you ARE NOT.  in fact, the only relationships that work well are the ones that make you a better person without changing you into someone other than yourself, and without preventing you from outgrowing the person you used to be.

In life, you will change.  Sometimes your family and friends will fail to recognize this and continue to label you in an unfair way based on who you used to be; and it's easy to end up CONFORMING to these labels because you remember when they were true. 

What's important to remember is that you're the only person in the world who knows what's happening inside your head right now.  People who don't know you well may assume you're someone else entirely. And people who think they know you well may have pigeonholed you - but you know there's more to you than what they see!

When you IGNORE their opinions and decide to be who you are, instead of who they want you to be, you open yourself up to real love, real happiness, and real success.  There is no need to put on a mask. There is no need to pretend to be someone you're not.

You don't have control over what others think about you, but you do have control over how you decide to internalize their opinions. Leave them to their own judgments. Don't feel threatened and don't conform just to please them. Let people love you for who you are, and not for who they want you to be. Or let them walk away if they choose. They can't harm you either way; it's their understanding that is faulty, not yours.

More to come...

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No Critics Allowed (Part 1)

On the wall in the gym I attend is a sign that says “No Critics!”  Every time I see it, I’m reminded that, in life, criticism is just par for the course.  Obviously all criticism isn’t bad.  In fact, we need the right kind of criticism in our life in order to grow.  Even a battery operates on positive & negative.

However, some people are so focused in seeing the negative side of things that they leave zero room for positive things to grow. People like this are entwined in our families, work environments and social circles. It can be emotionally draining just being around them, and you must be careful because their negative attitudes and opinions are venomous and contagious. 

Negativity perpetuates itself, breeds dissatisfaction and clutters the mind.  And when the mind is cluttered with negativity, happiness is hard to come by.

What do you do?  You ignore these people and move on from them when you must. 

Seriously, you have to be strong and know when enough is enough!  Letting go of negative people doesn’t mean you hate them, or that you wish them harm; it just means you care about your own well-being.  Because every time you subtract negative from your life, you make room for more positive.

What kind of people do you need to distance yourself from?

1. Drama Queens

Some people love to stir up controversy and drama for no apparent reason.  Don’t buy in to their hoop-la.  Stay out of other people’s drama and don’t needlessly create your own.

• Don’t spew hostile words at someone who spews them at you. 
• Keep your composure and replace the stink of confrontation with the fragrance of resolution.  The louder the opposition wants to yell, and the more drama they want to stir, the calmer and more confidently you need to think and speak. 
• Don’t let them get to you.
• Be an example of a pure existence; ignore their outlandish antics and focus on kindness.
• Communicate and express yourself from a place of peace, from a place of love, with the best intentions. 
• Use your voice for good – to inspire, to encourage, to educate, and to spread the notions of compassion and understanding. When someone insists on imposing their hostility and drama on you, ignore them and walk away. 

2. Hard To Please People

Some people are impossible to please; you will not be able to break through to them no matter what you do.  Accept this reality.

Throughout your lifetime some people will discredit you, disrespect you and treat you poorly for no apparent reason at all.  Don’t consume yourself with trying to change them or win their approval and don’t make any space in your heart to hate them.  Simply walk away and leave it in God’s hands.  Realize that bit of time you spend on them will be wasted, and any bit of hate and aggravation in your heart will only hurt you.  

3.  Dream Killers

Stop giving credit to those who discredit your dreams.  These people are punishing your potential by slowly extinguishing your inner flame with their watered down vision of what you are capable of achieving.

If you give in and let their negativity convince you of who you are, their madness will wither you away.  You will convert into who they say you are, rather than living honestly as yourself.  In this way, these people will steal your life from you.  You will lose track of where their opinion ends and your reality begins.  Their fiction will become your life’s story.

What you’re capable of is not a function of what others think is possible for you.  So look beyond their presumptions and mental limitations, and connect with your own best vision of what YOU are capable of and how YOUR life can be.  Life, after all, is an open-ended journey, and 99% what you achieve comes directly from what you work to achieve on a daily basis.

God has big plans for you...keep dreaming lofty dreams!

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