“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles (schemes) of the devil.” The Greek word for wiles is “methodeia”, from which we get our English word, method. A method or system is defined as “a group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole - A condition of harmonious, orderly interaction - An organized and coordinated method; a procedure.” The devil uses systems and methodology to fight us and we react as if it were a lucky punch. We get drawn into things over and over again and never recognize the system he has built into our lives to keep us defeated. Scissors beats paper every time.

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“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles (schemes) of the devil.” The Greek word for wiles is “methodeia”, from which we get our English word, method. Understand this; the devil has a method for your madness. He has a method, a scheme… if you will - a system in place to trip you up and frustrate the purposes of God for your life. The devil uses “systems” to defeat you. That way, he doesn’t have to personally supervise you’re actions. He just sets the system in place, gets you deeply ingrained in the system and leaves you struggling the rest of your life with that system. It might be the way you interpret failure or silence or compliments. It could be the way you react to a wrong or a right, etc. The point is that he uses systems to defeat

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You know what the biggest, most amazing secret of the rainforest is? It’s how it takes water and air and light and makes wood and leaves and fruit and flowers. You can’t do that in the lab. It’s never been duplicated. Jesus turned water into wine for the wedding feast of Cana. That was a miracle. But in a very real sense, that miracle occurs every day but at a much slower speed. Grapevines turn water into wine year after year. They take water, light and CO2 and, through the magic of photosynthesis, produce a grape which becomes wine.

Photosynthesis has got to be one of the 7 wonders of the natural world, but yet it is an unseen and little understood process. It turns intangibles into tangibles. It represents the science of business. You take water H2O and carbon CO2 and add sunlight and you end up with glucose C6H12O6. It’s never C7.5H3O1. There is a specific process, an exact formula, a precise system and it’s constant. The result? Beautiful green leaves flowing with the breeze, tall trees dominating the view, fruit feeding the creatures and flowers dazzling everyone. But it’s the result of a well executed system or set of processes that work consistently. So consistently that you never doubt it - Never.

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Hello Friend,

Over the past few e-mails, you’ve been hearing some powerful insights from my good friend Eric Beck. Also, I promised you today that you would receive a special invitation from me.

Eric Beck and I will be conducting some “virtual” meetings next week with business owners, and I’d like your participation.

See the full details here.

Blessings,

Michael

P.S. These meetings will fill up quickly, so make sure you check this out right away!

I have asked my very good friend Eric Beck (former International Director of Training for E-Myth Worldwide) to pass on three key insights that will help you in business. Today is the last installment dealing with the very important question of how much is enough. Now, here’s Eric…

So here’s the punch line: You need a system that lets you discern manna from mammon and brings your business into right action. Manna is provision from God that you did not create and can take no credit for. Mammon, on the other hand, is a controlling spirit which impersonates God - that infests your manna and makes it rot within hours.

See the problem?

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I have asked my very good friend Eric Beck (former International Director of Training for E-Myth Worldwide) to pass on three key insights that will help you in business. Today is the second installment dealing with the very important question of how much is enough. Now, here’s Eric…

Thank you Michael. As I promised yesterday, let’s look at a biblical system for how anyone in business can obey God’s command to be fruitful and multiply. Does such a thing exist? Yes it really does. But before I tell you about it, here’s the context. The Hebrews, recently freed from slavery, find themselves with no provision in the wilderness on their way to their promised land.

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For the next three emails, I have asked my very good friend Eric Beck to pass on three key insights that will help you in business. Besides having a profoundly Biblical worldview, Eric was the International Director of Training for E-Myth. His insights have been adopted around the world, impacting me, and helping shape the way I see and do business. The business analysis methods alone that he uses can help any business eliminate waste and maximize potential. Take another sip of your coffee and enjoy today’s insight…

First off, thank you Michael for that warm introduction. And thank you, for taking time to care about God’s plan for your working life. In an average life of 80 years, you will spend 166,400 hours working. That’s nearly 2/3’s of your waking life. Did you know that Jesus is on record as saying we will all give an account for all that work? “Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.” Luke 19:15

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