Hello Friend,

Judging from the response and the dialog that has resulted, this week’s messages from David have been hitting home with a lot of folks.

What about you? Do you deal with an internal struggle?

I know for myself, even after I came to believe God wants us to succeed in business, for many years it was much easier for me to accept that God would want someone else to do well… but when it came to me, it was harder to believe.  Consequently, as you can imagine, my effectiveness was limited when it came to my own business and my own earnings.

Only you and God know what goes on in your own mind. But if you struggle with any of the inner programming — the thoughts that say, “You don’t deserve it,” “God won’t allow you to have it,” “You’re just being greedy,” then I have good news!

David Johnson and I have been personally acquainted for the last 7 years or so.  In that time, we’ve worked side by side on a number of projects, including the very first “Nourish The Dream” event. If you’ve been a subscriber of mine for a while, you will remember the e-mail invitation you received to that event.  In fact, it was when he invited me to speak at that event,that I began to know more of what God has put in him. And, as we’ve worked even more closely together in this last year and half, I’ve seen much more of that. That’s why I’m thrilled to be able to tell you about this…

David has put together an audio series that addresses head-on those internal struggles and mental barriers that you may have experienced.  If you’ve ever dealt with anything like this, then I urge you to get your hands on this series right away. He’s even agreed to make a special offer available for people who respond to this e-mail, and it includes some great bonus gifts.

You owe it to yourself, to your business, to your family… to check it out now.

I look forward to hearing a good report from you after you’ve had a chance to listen to it!

Blessings,

Michael

P.S. Don’t delay! You could be retraining your thinking today!

Today’s message is a guest entry from David G. Johnson, founder of Nourish The Dream.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Timothy 6:10 NKJV)

In our previous message, we talked about the inner struggle that some of us face — particularly those who have been around Christianity for awhile — where business and financial success are concerned. It isn’t too difficult to guess that one of the major contributors to this struggle is an abundance of erroneous teaching about the Bible and what it really says.

For example, here’s a direct quote from a recent Newsweek article:

“For one thing, Scripture is full of exhortations against accumulating wealth. The New Testament, especially, repeatedly reminds followers of Christ that earthly wealth means nothing in heaven. ‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God,’ says Jesus.”

These few sentences are so full of misunderstanding about Scripture that it’s almost infuriating. (Where does Newsweek get off interpreting Scripture anyway?!) But the tragedy is that many churches have actually taught — arguably with good intentions — fallacies like this.

Another great example is the, “root of all evil,” Scripture referred to in the title of today’s message. Not only is it frequently misquoted as, “money is the root of all evil,” but the entire passage that it comes from is (in my experience) usually preached from a fundamental place of misunderstanding.

If you’re hearing from those you look up to (spiritually speaking) that it’s wrong to accumulate wealth, doesn’t that directly work against you?  Isn’t business challenging enough without wondering if God is upset with us for doing well in it?  Is God so cruel as to require that we work to provide for our families and even call us into the business world only to tell us that we are only pleasing to Him when we fail?

It’s time that we take a hard look at some of these teachings and find out what the Scripture really says.