“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:12-14)
A lot of folks I know have taken some serious hits in their business, in their marriage, in their lives. For some it has been devastating. If you are among that number, you may well feel that you have been sidelined, counted out, not in the game anymore. I know that feeling. It is an oppressive feeling that can be hard to shake.
The enemy of your soul has counted you out, but God has not. Your enemy wants you to believe you will never get back in the game. You don’t measure up. You have failed! I know that song too! Well, failure is the price we pay on the way to success. If businesses fail nine out of ten times, start ten businesses. One of them will succeed!
I’ve included a familiar video I saw years ago and you may have seen it to, but watching it yesterday still brought tears to my eyes and hope to my soul. I am including it here for you and to let you know, the game is not over. God wants to put you back in the game. He has made you well able to overcome, regardless of your limitations. He is bigger than those!
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Today we learn that the privately held Federal Reserve banking cartel has dispersed at least $2 trillion dollars in emergency loans funded by American taxpayers to parties which they refuse to name for collateral they refuse to identify. This doesn’t include the over $700 billion congress approved in a bailout in September. I am hoping you can smell the coffee by now and realize that it is long past burning!
The spirit of empire looms large in our day and those in control do not know they are being controlled or under the sway of the wicked one (Eph 2:2). But we do. So what shall we then do? We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.
A lot of folks assume because our battle is not merely in the flesh, but also against spiritual forces, then we can only win with spiritual means. But I submit to you that this is not an either/or proposition. The spiritual always tries to control the physical. God thought it important enough that He sent His son to incarnate the Word. He came in the likeness of mankind. He came in the flesh and walked in the Spirit. We should do no less.
We will need to employ every spiritual discipline, serious fasting, seasons of prayer, declaring His Word and His will, stands of faith (which always require corresponding works) and much more. And we will need to step into the arena where the enemy currently dominates and take back that sphere! I am going in there! Any of you want to come? This is not idle talk. It is dangerous talk and if you act on it, you will see things you may never have seen before. (More to come on this later…)
“Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.” (Ecc 9:15-16)
Like it or not, people pay attention to money. Poor folks, who may well be endowed with wisdom on occasion, are still despised and in general they are not listened to. Furthermore, too many Christians think poverty is a virtue and while you can certainly be virtuous and poor, poverty is no virtue. Let me encourage you again with the words of David, “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.” (Psalm 35:27)
Our Father delights and has pleasure when we prosper. He does not delight in our misery and lack. He doesn’t live in misery and lack nor does He reserve that for His children. Now, follow with me here… If the poor have no voice and if God delights in our prosperity and if He loves it when we use our prosperity to affect the culture for good (remember Cornelius?), then it is perfectly appropriate for those of us called to the marketplace to make plans, strategize, pray and work diligently to succeed and prosper.
But why? We are very, very close to seeing the most challenging economic and geopolitical challenges in our lifetime. The media is the most powerful instrument on earth to shape opinion and control people. (Remember the election process?) Media is business and business takes money and money can buy media. Media will be a huge tool in shaping your opinion. Don’t think you are immune or that you won’t fall for their lies. It’s not the lies I am worried about. It’s the truths we are never told. You are going to have to get that from the Lord.
But I see the day, when folks like you and I actually live to take back the gates of commerce, use the profits to take back the gates of media and use that to win back and rightly inform the people God so greatly loves. That is why I feel an urgency to release our remaining inventory of the Taking Back The Gates conference where 11 highly successful Christian business leaders pass on the most salient wisdom they have as if you and I were their only heirs. When the CD’s and DVD’s first came out, they were sold for $166. Now while supplies last, you can save over 75% and get both sets for only $39.It’s that important!Click here for details and a short video clip.
The most watched election in history is finally over, but
for believers, our hardest work is still ahead. The outcome
left nearly half of this country very disappointed while the
other half are celebrating. Regardless of which group you
are in, change has come and now we must pull together and
deal with the new reality. As Seth Adkins wisely told me,
“Even though we’ve had a leadership change, GOD’S leadership
has NOT changed.”
He is still calling us to high places of key influence in
the culture. He is still expecting us to be salt and light.
The major mind molders of our culture (many of which played
a huge role in the outcome of this election) are still
woefully lacking in righteous influence. For example, the
government we choose as a nation is affected significantly
by the information fed us by the media. The media shapes our
opinion not so much by what it says but by who and what it
excludes. Many important issues never saw the light of day
in this election because the media organs didn’t want those
issues on the table.
It is my conviction that we need more righteous men and
women succeeding in business, getting financially strong,
then leveraging that strength to assume even greater roles
of responsibility, be that in media, government, etc. and
thereby have a righteous influence on our culture. Four
years ago with this in mind, I invited 11 top Christian
business leaders to pass on their most important lessons for
succeeding in business to help us all take back the
mountains of influence in our culture.
Now, in light of yesterday’s drama and tomorrow’s challenges
I feel an urgency to get their message into as many hands as
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At the risk of offending some folks who I care about, I want to direct all readers of my email, living in the United States to the following website www.thejudeo-christianview.com. It will probably take you 45 minutes to read the contents and watch all the videos. I know we are all busy, but we are facing an historic election and never has there been more at stake. This site will inform you on the positions both leading candidates have on two key issues.
For the record, neither of the leading candidates are who I would choose to lead this country. I find myself in the position of once again of having to choose between blocking what I believe to be the worst of the two leading choices instead of voting for who I really want to see in office.
My friend Dr. Gary Cass, former executive director for Dr. D. James Kennedy’s Reclaim America ministry, now heads up the Christian Anti Defamation Commission. He asked me to make you aware of the important information on his website. Perhaps the most disturbing has to do with child sacrifice (abortion) here in America. The last video shows Dr. Bernard Nathanson, formerly the director of the largest abortion clinic in the western world who claims responsibility for over 75,000 abortions. His confession is compelling.
Please share this with pastors and other believers.
A quick update regarding the webinar this coming Tuesday night with Debra Thompson Roedl. We’ve already had an overwhelming response to this event and are working on adding phone lines to make room for everyone. There is a limit, however, to the number of people that the webinar system can accommodate. So… my recommendation is that you reserve your spot right away!
You’ve already seen some of the well-known names of people that Debra has worked with, so you can probably guess that they spend enormous amounts of money for her time. This is a very rare opportunity to get access to Debra and her information marketing strategies without spending thousands of dollars. I urge you to make the most of this opportunity and join us for this event!
Also, we’ve had some inquiries about whether or not there will be a replay of this event available. Our team is working to make sure that the entire event will be recorded for future playback, but I can’t be certain of the exact timeframe. But I will say this: when the replay becomes available, the people who have registered will be the first ones to find out about it. So, even if the scheduling doesn’t work perfectly for you, please register for the event anyway so we can keep you informed.
If you haven’t already done so, take a moment and reserve your spot right now. It’s absolutely free.
I listened to a man named Mickey Robinson share how he came to know God. He was killed in a plane accident and saw Hell and then Heaven. His story is gripping and compelling and well worth the nearly ten minutes it will take you to watch this video. One of the things about his story that helped me was how in an instant he knew things. There was no “one hour study class.” There were no hindering, cumbersome words. There was just a knowing. And it was instantaneous. He saw and he knew - all at once.
Here’s the good news, you don’t have to die to experience that. God causes me to “see” things in an instant. It’s more like a flash. Often times a single picture flashes in my mind and I instantly know why He showed me the picture, what it means and how to explain it to someone else. When I try to share that flash of revelation with others it may take several minutes to communicate what I caught in a flash of light.
I think of it as a better way of seeing. It’s something I didn’t use to have at my disposal. As I seek Him daily, I find I get more flashes, and more little movie clips that play in my mind to teach me eternal truths that greatly help me and I in turn pass them on to you. Many of those flashes teach me business lessons or solve problems that I’ve been struggling with for too long. I thought this video might awaken a desire to see what you would otherwise miss. Give yourself a treat today and watch this nearly ten minute video, then pass it on to your friends and loved ones to see.
What do you see when you read about the Tabernacle of Moses? Most see a story of something totally irrelevant to today. Many do see the parallel story of salvation being told by the seven stations of service the priests were to offer. But few there be that also see an incredible message that every business person needs to see. I want to share that with you today. This has been a life saver for me and can be for you too!
Level 1
The outer court was an open air courtyard which was illuminated by natural light. In that courtyard was the altar of sacrifice and the brass laver where the priests washed up after doing the sacrifice. It was also where they were consecrated for further service. The outer court speaks of natural effort where sacrifice, effort and character are both formed and rewarded. It’s a place of mastery and discipline and brings the 30 fold increase.
Level 2
The inner court is the second level. It was closed in, had no windows and was illuminated by oil burning candles which shed light on a table with bread and an altar of incense. The golden lampstand is a picture of the Holy Spirit burning continuously, shedding light on the word of God which is also Jesus, the bread of life. The altar of incense represents the prayers of the saints. In business, this level is where we go beyond practices to principles found in Scripture and apply them to sales. Things like the Negotiating Secrets of Paul, the Motivational Secrets of the Ten Commandments and Creating a Climate of Trust based on the Life of Christ. Level two takes you beyond physical mastery into a place of spiritual leverage and brings the 60 fold return.
Level 3
The Holy of Holies is level three. It was illuminated supernaturally by the presence of God. It speaks of the supernatural. It’s where the flesh bows low before entering. It is a place of total dependence on God. Knowing when God wants you to work hard and develop mastery and when He wants you to simply rest and let Him do the work will make all the difference. It’s the place of the 100 fold return.
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P.S. Happy Father’s Day to you Dads! Someone sent me a video that I’m sure will touch you like it did me.
Yesterday I caught Joel Osteen on television telling a story about Patrick Henry Hughes. He was born with crippled limbs and without eyes. Naturally his parents were devastated and wondered what they had done to deserve that. When Patrick was old enough to sit up, they put him on a piano stool and he began to learn the notes. At age two, he was taking requests. By grade school he was playing old standards and by high school he was playing the blues. When he got to college he was an accomplished pianist and trumpet player.
Recognizing his tremendous gift, the college band director asked Patrick to play in the marching band which entertained thousands at the University of Louisville football games, etc. In order for this happen, his father gave up his day job and worked the graveyard shift at UPS so he could be at every practice and wheel his son in formation, spinning and turning with the rest of the band while his son blew the trumpet with gusto.
What happened with Patrick is truly amazing, how he developed a gift God gave him that could easily have been missed. What also happened, was that a blind boy inspired vision in his parents. His mother “saw” the potential in him as she taught him piano. His father, instead of mourning the fact they could never play ball together, got a vision to play music together. The band director received vision when he “saw” the gift inside this young man. The gift by the way, was far more than a music ability. As much as anything, it was how Patrick interpreted life. When asked to describe his disabilities, he said, “Not disabilities at all, more abilities.” I believe we tend not to see things the way they are but rather we see things the way we are. That should tell you a lot about Patrick and about yourself.
Patrick’s example is removing the scales of self-imposed limitations that are blinding countless sighted people from “seeing” and fulfilling their vision. What’s inside you? What’s holding you back? What’s your excuse? Gain some vision from this courageous young man, Patrick Henry, and from his family and begin stepping into the vision God has equipped you best to fulfill. As Helen Keller once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” By the way, now when his parents ask God what they did to deserve Patrick Henry, they say it with tears of joy!
If this story and video helped you at all today, please share it with your friends, family and business associates. Who knows who you might help in the process?
