Heartbrake to breakthough (H2B)

Start With Love                                  Don’t complicate things. Isaiah 53:5 “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”  What can we possibly do or say to show our love and appreciation. The answer is found in John 14:15 “if you love me, keep my commandments”. I find that often times people complicate things way too much. We spend countless hours contemplating how to make progress in our lives. Yet many of us have closed ourselves off to the simplest concept of faith and love.   When we are lovers and doers we began to see things shift. The complexity is created in our minds. This challenge has been about training and   shaping the mind but nothing can substitute being in tune with God. Some things you have to know and hold on to. Keeping these principals in ou...

Fighting the unbelief Day 13 was spent on reflecting on the days past and for my private group we focused on guided meditation and channeling our energy on the vision. It was an awesome two days. There are a couple of  people who asked about unbelief. Let's examine it together. I like to ask people who express some unbelief whether verbally or through their actions this question. What do you believe? We spend a lifetime fueling unbelief. Mark 9:24 " help my unbelief". God is not interested in the magnitude of your belief. He is looking for even the smallest traces of evidence of it. Matthew 17:20 If you have the faith of a mustard seed, you can say to a mountain move and it will move. When I ask what do you believe in, I'm really asking what have you placed your faith in. Is it your spouse, your children, your job, your friends, or your church. Before you hurry and answer no let me define faith. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary  faith is an allegiance ...

The Mind of a Warrior Part 2 Their "no" is God's yes! Have you ever had someone try to close the door on you. I mean literally see you coming so close to grabbing your blessing and because of their current position slam the door in your face. The enemy senses when you are close to a breakthrough  and he will use someone within your environment to shut you out. It can seem like a 'No'' at that moment. What I love about the mind of an achiever is the ability to see beyond that. Do you recall young David in the bible? His own  family tried to shut him out but what they didn't know was that God will use a closed door to open a window of opportunity . Everyone feels they are better suited for your promotion but "  the  Lord  sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance,  but the  Lord  looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7.  While the world finds 100 reasons why you are not suitable, God has one reason why you are and that's what coun...

The Mind of a Warrior Part 1          Day 7 was your day of rest. Today  I want to dispel some things that come against us believing that we are warriors. 1) you’ve been told your too small, your too young, too old, too small, not educated enough etc. There seems to be this measure that we always appear to fall short of. The devil is a liar!!! The measure is in the hands of the almighty!!! He has called you for your vision, purpose, business, ministry, etc.... Does he not qualify the called (Romans 8:30) ? So how is it you can fall short of what he created you for? 2) your fears- A warrior is to be fearless in most contexts. When we think of a warrior we think of bravery, courage, and war. We don’t associate fear with a warrior. Yet God chose Gideon. He was not absent of fear he asked for constant reassurance see Judges 7. Gideon placed faith in front of his fears. When we place faith in front of our fears that is what propels us into battle. To fight wh...

The Ambivalent Mind Destroyed!                                                                  The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ambivalence as simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action. Other connotations for that word are also fluctuation and uncertainty. In my profession ambivalence is often a sign of internal conflict. It is a battle that occurs in the mind that can affect all areas of an individual's life. It really boils down to not being able to make decisions. For most of us we are able to make informed decisions every day. At times we even make decisions on impulse, but we exercise the ability to make decisions. Even as a professional you can easily fall into being trapped by the quandary of an ambivalent person. I like to examine what the bible has to say abou...

THE MINDSET OF AN HEIR PART 2:  DO YOU KNOW THE SIZE OF YOUR INHERITANCE?  Mindset recovery and Discovery  One of the things that amaze me is our fear to ask big things of our big God. Truthfully speaking I have been guilty of this many times. Whether it's due to a lack of trust, guilt, or understanding we fail to see that God will meet us where we are. If we are minimalist in our prayers and asking we will get less than minimal answers and solutions. The prodigal son may have been guilty of a lot of things but he knew to ask his father for his portion. He knew the size of his portion and that he had a right to it. Although he used it poorly and selfishly he knew well enough to know what he was inheriting (Luke 15:11-32) . Let me ask you, are you asking according to the size of your God or the size of your vision? We think small but God plans big!!!! While you are asking for another apartment to rent or lease God is planning for your dream home. While you are ...