My “Chicken” Story…

As a boy I was raised on a farm.

My Dad always had at least 30 – 40 chickens running around

After meals, my Mother would have me take the food scraps out to the chickens.

As soon as the chickens would see and hear me dumping the scraps out, they would come running helter skelter from all over the barnyard.

The first 3-4 chickens to reach the scrap pile would grab a morsel and go running off in the opposite direction.

And then with absolute certainty and predictability, a very odd thing would happen…

All of the remaining chickens would QUIT running towards the big pile of scraps I had just dumped.

They would TURN AWAY and start chasing after those first 3-4 chickens who had grabbed their own morsel…

And the fight was on…

Chickens fighting with each other over morsels…

And all the while, they were completely ignoring the SOURCE of abundant food that I had just dumped out for them.

Have you ever seen people act like that?

Have you ever acted like that?

Like I’ve said before, GOD is the SOURCE for all the ABUNDANCE you could want.

Quit worrying about whatever morsel other chickens have…

Quit chasing other chickens trying to compete for their small morsel…

Instead, start looking to God as your SOURCE of ABUNDANCE.

I think you'll like what you get from God a lot better than what you've got from man up to this point.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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A Story Of Two Young Men…

See if you can relate to this true story…

Two young men were the best of friends. They went to church together and got along fabulously. They went to school together with never a trace of difficulty in their relationship. They enjoyed many church-related trips together. These two men spent hours talking about things they were interested in with never a disagreement or a strong word.

But then, these two young men went to work for the same company and reported to the same boss…

Suddenly, one of these young men started manifesting a very cranky, competitive, and paranoid spirit. He was just sure his “friend” was trying to gain an advantage over him. He was sure that his “friend” was trying to maneuver in closer to the boss. He was sure that his “friend” was trying to get the better tasks, leaving him “out in the cold” with the less enjoyable tasks.

Have you ever found yourself in a position where you felt like other people were trying to gain the advantage over you and maneuver their way over you where they could “shut you out”?

If so, pay careful attention to what you’re about to read.

This young man who became cranky, competitive, and paranoid allowed the spirit of this world to blind his eyes to the abundance that God has for him.

See, the worlds view is that there everything is finite and limited.

The worlds view is that the money that can be paid out in salaries is limited and therefore, the “many” employees must compete for the “few” pay raises.

The worlds view is that there are only so many promotion opportunities and therefore, the “many” people must be compete for the “few” opportunities.

The worlds view is to try to get “what they can see”.

When a higher-level job opportunity appears within a given department, most everyone within that department will “see” the opportunity at which point they will start clamoring, competing, and even fighting for it.

But, Gods way is DIFFERENT and BETTER!

In God’s way, you don’t have to compete for limitation and lack. Instead, you get to CREATE abundance.

How do you transition from competing to creating?

It starts by changing your focus to pleasing the Lord instead of trying to please men. When you are focused on pleasing the Lord, you will automatically perform at your highest level possible.

You will automatically strive to be the best that you can possibly be.

Colossions 3:23-24 says it this way – “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”

Did you catch the phrase, “Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive”?

Here’s the thing. When you focus on pleasing the Lord, then the Lord will create opportunities out of nothing for you. The Lord will create opportunities for advancement, growth, increase, and abundance that you cannot even see yet.

Here’s proof that God will do what I’m saying…

Isaiah 43:19 – “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

Do you see the depth and power of God’s Word?

• “New things” – opportunities for increase that you hadn’t recognized or thought about before
• “It shall spring forth” – opportunities for increase will appear that you were not able to see before
• “I will even make a way in the wilderness” – to the world everything looks like limitation, lack, and scant resources but out of this “nothing” God will create abundance for you
• “Rivers in the desert” – deserts don’t have rivers – that’s why they are deserts. But with God all things are possible. It might appear that what you want isn’t available. It may seem like its not an option. But God can and will create the abundance that you want out of the impossible. Notice the word Rivers. This isn’t one trickle of water. This isn’t even a stream of water. It’s big and multiple Rivers of water. That’s the kind of abundance God will create in your life.

When you are focused on pleasing the Lord, the Lord will automatically present opportunities for abundance in your life.

The Lord will create a way where there is no way.

Make sure you get this. You don’t have to compete.

Instead, focus on doing all as unto the Lord. Be the best that you can be.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

This means help your neighbor obtain the increase that he or she is looking for realizing that God has an over-abundance and there is plenty for your neighbor to have all that he or she wants and for you to have all that you want.

Have a merry countenance (a big smile) like the Bible talks about. Perform acts of kindness and love at every opportunity.

And when you do these things, you’ll soon find Psalms 115:14 to be true in your life, “The LORD shall increase you more and more”

This is a concept that applies to all areas of your life – financial, health, relationships, and so on.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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But I don’t know what God’s will is for my life?

Here’s the first thing you need to be clear on…

Job 36:5 - " Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom."

This lets you know that you are IN.

By surrendering your life to Christ, you automatically make it IN to God's CLUB - where HE will work through you.

There are plenty of clubs formed by men that may be inaccessible to you.

But, the biggest, most important club of all - God's club - is freely available to you and He will in no way despise or reject you.

So, the first thing you need to settle is that through Christ, you are a member of God’s club and God WILL perform HIS will through the members of His club – including you.

Now, here’s the next thing you need to know…

Job 5:8-9 - "I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number"

Proverbs 3:5-6 says - " Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Isaiah 48:17 – “Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.”

From these scriptures you can see that you are to commit your way unto the Lord and He will perform great things in your life and do great things through you – both financially and otherwise.

But, patience is required. Our human nature is to want the big and great things right now. We don't want to wait.

However, God in His great goodness and wisdom knows that each of us needs a time of preparation to get us ready for Him to work through.

In fact, what you must understand is that if you will remain faithful, it's during those seemingly hard times of where nothing is happening the way you want them to that God is actually preparing you so that He can do great things through you.

Consider these Biblical examples of God preparing:

• Joseph, the great deliver for Israel. He spent years as a slave and then more years in a jail while God prepared him to be great
• Moses, the great deliver for Israel. He spent years in Egypt and then more years in the desert before he was fully qualified for God to work through Him.
• Jesus, the Savior of the World. According to what we understand from the Bible and history, Jesus himself spent 30 years allowing God to prepare him so that God could work through him during the last 3 years of his life.
• Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ. After his conversion, he spent years hiding out in the desert learning from God.

And there hundreds of other examples besides these.

Now, I’m not suggesting that you have to spend time in the desert or in a jail in order for God to work through you. But, I am telling you that the Bible makes it clear that God prepares us for His work, for His Kingdom, and He will glorify His name in our lives.

Now, having said all of this, there are some things that you can get started with right away that will pave the way to God doing bigger and bigger works in your life.

Mt 25:34-40 - “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

James 1:27 – “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

Scriptures like these tell us that it is God’s will that we perform acts of kindness and love at any and every opportunity.

Perhaps the best example of how important it is to do acts of kindness for our fellow man or woman is in the book of Job. Throughout this entire book, you can read of Jobs acts of kindness. And, it was these very acts of love and kindness that led Job to great wealth and affluence.

And, it will for you too.

So, how does a person know what God’s will is for their life?

Well, there will be some times where it is very clear what God’s will is and times when it is not clear at all.

But, you can rest assured that whether you see what God’s will is for you or not, God has great things that He is either doing through you – and you just can’t see it yet. Or, He is preparing you so that He can do great things through you at a future time.

So, hold to the vision of God working through you and doing great things in your life. Every day give praise and thanks to God for the great things that He is doing in your life (even if you can’t see anything yet).

And one day, you’ll recognize with surprise that God is performing His will through you and that He is doing great things through you.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How To Allow What We Want To Manifest In Our Life – Part 6

There are two things you need to beware of in manifesting that which you want in your life.

Let’s take a look at the first thing…

James 1:3-4 – Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Patience.

Patience is absolutely required.

Give God time to bring that which you want to you.

Don’t doubt that it’s coming just because you can’t see it or touch it yet.

Don’t start thinking that it isn’t God’s will for you to have it just because it hasn’t materialized yet.

By maintaining patience, you’ll have everything you want manifested in your life.

Somewhere I heard the comical story that at Heaven’s gate there are piles of undelivered gifts and blessings that were for people who “called” God to ask for them but “hung up” on Him before He could find out who they were and how to get the gift or blessing to them.

Don’t let impatience prevent you from having that which you want.

And now the second thing…

If we ask for the wrong kinds of things, we won’t get them.

James 4:3 – Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

This verse makes it clear that it is not God’s will to give you anything that is about bringing attention, recognition, or glory to you instead of to God.

How do we know if something is ok to ask for?

2 Corinthians 9:11 – Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

If what you want will enrich your life and the lives of other people, if it will bring glory and thanksgiving to God, then God wants you to have it.

Ask for it.

Believe for it.

Receive it.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How To Allow What We Want To Manifest In Our Life – Part 5

If we read Romans 4:17-25, we can read about how Abraham (a man who had no son but desired greatly to have a son) was able to manifest a son in his life.

More importantly, we can see God’s formula for manifesting that which we want in our own lives.

Here’s the formula (with the portions of scripture from which the formula is derived):

1. “calleth those things which be not as though they were.”
   
   Decide what you want. What is it that you really want. Think it through. Write it down and get very clear on exactly what you want. Then, ask God for it. Once you’ve asked God for it, start thinking, talking, acting, and behaving as if it were already true – that what you want is already manifested in your life.
   
2. “And being not weak in faith, he considered not…”
   
   Do not be weak in faith. Give no consideration for external facts and circumstances that are contrary to what you want. Ignore how much of an impossibility what you want may seem to be. Think no more about what you don’t have or don’t want. Think only about what you do want.
   
3. “He staggered not through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;”
   
   Do not stagger, waver, get discouraged, or grow impatient – all of which are forms of unbelief – while God is bringing that which you want to pass. While God is working to manifest that which you want, give Him thanks for it. Give Him the glory that is due His name.
   
4. “And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”
   
   Be fully persuaded that God is not only able to manifest what you want in your life, but that He WILL manifest it in your life.

Based on what you now know, you can more clearly see that “removing a mountain” as described in Mark 11:23-24 is just another example of God’s formula for manifesting that which you want in your life.

Mark 11:23 – “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

It’s exactly the same formula.

Decide what you want and then start thinking, talking, acting, and behaving as if it were true.

The reality is that “spiritually” it is true the moment you decide to have what you want and ask God for it. From there, if you maintain your faith in God, He will make it “physically” true – He will manifest it in your life.

We can see yet another rendition of God's manifestation formula that especially emphasizes the importance of not wavering or doubting in James 1:5...

"If any of you lack wisdom (replace wisdom with what it is that you want), let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord."

Go back up to steps #2 and #4 above and tie them to this verse - you must be persuaded that God will manifest that which you want in your life - not matter what external facts and circumstances indicate and no matter how impossible it may seem.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How To Allow What We Want To Manifest In Our Life – Part 4

If you have been trying and trying to manifest that which you want in your life and it continues to elude you, this post may very well be the reason why you haven’t been able to receive it…

A key part to allowing what we want to manifest in our lives is to make sure that there are no obstructions. To make sure there are no negative feelings or emotions hidden or buried deep inside of us. To make sure “the path is clear” so that what we want can come to us.

Most Christians are familiar with these scriptures in Mark Chapter 11 – “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

Many people have read this, believed it, and tried to apply it...

And, they did not receive what they wanted.

Why?

Because there is one more piece to the equation that is revealed in the very next verse:

“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

This makes it perfectly clear that if we are to receive what we want, we have to forgive, forget, release, and let go of all negative emotions or feelings that we have against someone who we feel has done us wrong, has said hurtful things, or in some way, offended us.

1 John 2:11 tells us - "But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."

Feelings of hatred on your part will cause you to “wander around in the darkness” unable to see your way to receiving that which you want.

Hatred will blind your eyes to the opportunities and “open doors” that will lead to you receiving that which you want.

1 John 4:18 - "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

Fear is a “repellant”. It repels that which you want away from you. Fear creates all kinds of negative emotions that erect “barriers” between you and what you want.

On the other hand, love is an attractor. Love for God and love for people starts attracting that which you want towards you.

When you love other people, you want to help them get that which they want. You want to lift people up and build them up. You want to give yourself to help them – and that giving empties you out so that you can start receiving that which you want.

Ecclesastes 11:10 – "Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh."

“Feeling sorry for yourself” is yet another repellant to that which you want.

I’m not talking about Godly sorrow and repentance for wrong-doing.

I’m talking about the “nobody loves me”, “nobody cares for me”, “I’m all alone in this world” kind of negative thinking that puts you into a negative state of mind and that prevents you from receiving what you want.

Likewise, sin, evil works, and wrong-doing will stand between you and what you want. Why? Because your God-given conscience knows you are doing wrong which sets up a series of negative vibrations and emotions within yourself – no matter how hidden or deeply buried they may be – that shuts down your ability to receive that which you want.

Galatians 5:26 – “Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”

When we try to bring glory to ourselves instead of to God, we create a contradictory set of vibrations within ourselves that will take us out of the flow that we need to be in to receive what we want.

When we are competing or in conflict or in any kind of “non-unity” with other people, we once again set up negative forces that hinder us from receiving that which we want.

When we envy and covet, we have strong emotional feelings about having what is in someone else’s possession – and these are once again, negative-based feelings that prevent us from receiving that which we want.

Not forgiving those who have done us wrong, hatred towards anyone, fear of any kind, feeling sorry for ourselves, sin or wrong-doing of any kind, contention, envy, judgment or any number of other negative feelings and emotions will distract and prevent us from receiving that which we want.

But, when we get rid of all these negative emotions and feelings, and we move into a positive state of mind, we open the doors, we clear the pathways to receiving that which we want.

How do we move into a positive state of mind?

We focus on love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance just like we are instructed in Galatians 5.

And when we consistently operate with these feelings and emotions, we'll soon find that which we want manifested in our lives.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How To Allow What We Want To Manifest In Our Life – Part 3

Ecclesiastes 11:5 – As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

• It's God who makes all things, who gives us all things, rich and good things to enjoy
• We don’t have to know how He's going to do it
• We don’t have to know who He's going to do it through
• We don’t have to know the channel or the means by which He's going to do it
• We just have to create the picture in our mind and hold to it with our belief – and let God make it.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How To Allow What We Want To Manifest In Our Life – Part 2

Ecclesiastes 11:6 – In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

• Start trying things.
• If you try two things, you don’t know if only one of them will work...
• Or, if both of them will work
• Notice the expectation that something is going to work
• Notice the likelihood that things are going to work out for good more often than not
• But it will never happen unless you step out of the “normal” and the “usual” and give something new a try.

Positive expectancy is a key part of allowing that which we want to manifest in our lives.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How To Allow What We Want To Manifest In Our Life – Part 1

Ecclesiastes 11:4 – "He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap."

• A person can always find reasons within themselves to not step out and try something new.
• There will always be people who will tell you that you can’t do it or that you shouldn’t do it.
• When you base your actions and your beliefs on external appearances and circumstances, you will always get more of what you already have. As implied, this means that you WILL NOT get that which you do want.
• To start manifesting new, different, and better results in your life, you must start looking at something besides external circumstances.
• That’s where your mind comes into play. You use your mind to imagine, create, and visualize the external circumstances that you really want.
• Once you’ve used your creative imagination to build a clear mental vision of what you really want, your free-will and your faith then come into play.
• You use the free-will that God has given you to choose to have faith in God that the “seeds” you have “planted” in your mind will start sprouting and growing into your external and physical world
• Seed planted in your mind (positive or negative) will sprout and grow into your external world just as surely as planting a seed in the earth will sprout and grow.
• Notice that there are dual obstacles… the obstacle of “planting” the seed and the obstacle of “harvesting” the fruit. You can fail to have what you want at either obstacle point. Many people never actually decide what they really want and then actively pursue it. But for those few who do, there is a second failure point... A person can go through all the effort of imagining, mentally creating, and visualizing what they want – sowing the seeds. But, if that same person doesn’t hold to what they’ve “planted” with their free-will and faith – regardless of what external circumstances look like – they’ll not reap the harvest.
• Sowing and reaping in the physical sense is dirty, dusty, laborious, and time-intensive work. There’s nothing glamorous about it. In the same sense, sowing and reaping that which we want in our physical lives IS hard MENTAL and SPIRITUAL work. But, when the harvest comes rolling in, it will have been well worth all the effort.
• The farmer knows that the effort and cost it takes to have a good harvest is far less than the cost of having a long, cold winter WITHOUT a harvest to sustain and support. Likewise, the effort and cost to have what we really want in our lives is far less than the cost of passing through life reacting negatively to all the circumstances we find confronting us in our physical world.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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Is This The Reason Love Isn’t Being Shown?

“Love is denied expression by poverty” -- Wallace D. Wattles

Let’s consider the “Good Samaritan” story from the Bible…

Luke 10:27 – 37
“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”

Now, let me ask this question, “Why did the priest and the Levite pass by without giving aid to the wounded and needy man?”

I believe these men cared about people, or they wouldn’t have been in the vocation they were in.

Have you ever seen a person who was clearly in need and you felt pity for them? Didn't you feel sorry for them? Didn't you wish that you could help them?

Why did you pass on by?

I believe you passed on by them for the exact same reason the priest and the Levite passed on by… because you didn’t have the financial wherewithal (and consequently, you didn’t have the time freedom) to help the wounded and needy person.

No sane person in their right mind can see a person in need and not want to respond. This is known as pity.

And though people feel pity towards the wounded and the needy, they will decide not to respond – not because they don’t care – but because they themselves are poor.

But the man in Christ’s story had the financial wherewithal to be able to show and express his love towards his neighbor.

What was the last thing that Christ said in this story?

Are you in a financial position (and a time position) where you can go and show love towards your neighbor?

Don’t you think it’s about time that you decided to become a Millionaire For Jesus?

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How to increase your income...

Ultimately, you want to reach that position where dollars are working for you instead of you working and trading your time for dollars.

Trading time for dollars is not very leverageable.

There just isn’t enough time for you to get to the scale and level where there is big money. Even if you do get to the point where you are earning big money for your time, you will find that your time is so consumed that you can't enjoy the fullness and goodness of life.

In the meantime, while you are transitioning away from trading time for dollars, it helps if you can increase the number of dollars you can get for your time.

Becoming an expert is how you get more dollars for your time.

Here's how you can become an expert in as little as two (2) days:

Day 1

Step 1

1. Go to your Central Library
2. Go to the department that has the Periodicals Back-Issues
3. Find the periodicals that pertain to whatever topic you want to become an expert in
4. Scan through the periodicals and find articles that pertain to the specific subject you want to become the expert in. Don’t read them. If an article looks promising, write the title and the author down and keep scanning through the rest of your periodicals.

Step 2

1. Now, go to the Research Department
2. Find the computers with the Research Databases and log on
3. Go to the EBSCO Database (which is a database of scanned articles from thousands and thousands of periodicals) and select the categories that pertain to your area of interest
4. Search for the title of each article
5. Click on the article title. Don’t read the article. Instead, click the email link and email it to your home email address.
6. Do this for all of the articles that you found in the periodical back-issues that looked promising.
7. Now, do a more general search for ANY articles that pertain to your area of interest.
8. Email all of the articles that look promising to your home email address.

Go home and get rested up for Day 2

Day 2

Step 1

1. Read through all of the emails that you emailed yourself on day 1.
2. Apply the rules from these posts: How To Think, More On How To Think, Thinking Patterns

Step 2

1. You now know more than most of the people who have been involved for years in the area of your topic.
2. Go market yourself as an expert using the marketing formula: The Marketing Formula - Part 1, The Marketing Formula Part 2, The Marketing Formula - Part 3, The Marketing Formula - Part 4
3. Increase your wealth using the wealth formula

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

Copyright © 2006 by Lane Fox, MillionairesForJesus.com

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Your very own parade...

Sometimes people are hesitant to launch forward into their own business.

They’re not sure if what they have to offer has any value.

Imagine that you are standing to the side of a passing parade.

It looks like a lot of fun and you want to join in… but it just seems a little too scary to step in.

About that time, you see the end of the parade. You decide to go for it. You step from the side and you join the parade – at the very back.

You march with the parade for a short while when suddenly, you notice that other people are falling in behind you.

With each passing step, you gain experience. You learn what works and what doesn’t work.

And, the further you go with the parade, the more people there are behind you.

People who need your help. People who haven’t went as far as you. People who could benefit from your knowledge and experience.

You want to help those behind you. But then, you think of those who are ahead of you. They know so much more than you. They might think that what you have to offer is too elementary. Too basic. They might laugh at you or make fun of you.

Forget about those who are ahead of you. Quit speculating on what those ahead of you might think. Let go of all that.

Those people ahead of you aren’t your audience. They aren't the ones you can help. Your focus is on those who are behind you.

In fact, you can probably help those who are behind you better than those in front of you can.

You can remember not knowing how to do basic things. You now know how to do those things and you can easily teach someone who doesn’t know.

The man or woman way up front of the parade, doesn’t even remember having to do such things. They are too advanced for the people that are behind you.

But you! You are just right to help those who are behind you.

Don’t hesitate!

Step out!

Launch forward!

Now!

Don’t worry about anything.

There are people behind you that need your help.

And then one day, you turn around and realize that you are leading your own great parade.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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Three Financial Objectives…

1. Your first financial objective should be to get to a point where you operate on a cash-only basis and you are debt free.

a. Your first focus should be on increasing your earning power so that it is easier to operate on a cash-only basis and eliminate the debt.

b. Be CAREFUL to avoid a lifestyle designed to attract attention. Things designed to attract attention – gaudy things – are always expensive and are anathema to your wealth. Keep in mind, we are to bring glory to God – not ourselves.

c. Be careful that you don’t try to BUY happiness by purchasing “things” and “stuff”. Happiness is ABSOLUTELY yours as soon as you make two decisions: One, surrender your heart and life to Christ. Two, understand that happiness is a state of mind and that God has given you the power to decide what your thoughts are. Therefore, you can decide and choose to be happy by choosing the thoughts and feelings that you allow yourself to have. In contrast, spending money on something that produces short-term gratification only leads to spending money on something more expensive – so that you can have another moment of short-term gratification - further reducing your ability to accrue wealth. Before you spend money on something, ask yourself if the purchase is pleasing unto God and whether it will bring joy and enrichment to family and friend relationships.

2. Your second financial objective should be to get the point where all of your income is distributed as follows:

a. 10% goes to God

b. 30% goes towards living expenses (food, clothing, shelter, transportation, etc.)

c. 30% goes toward enjoyment in life (travel, recreation, dining out, etc.)

d. 30% goes into your wealth-building account

3. Your third financial objective should be to reach a point where you can put a pre-determined amount of cash ($1M, $3M, $5M, etc) into guaranteed and safe bank investments.

a. Although the return will be quite low, given the level of money, you will be able to comfortably live off of the interest for the rest of your life.

b. More importantly, you will no longer be tied to a job or a business and you will gain greater time freedom to work for God and to do things in God’s Kingdom.

c. You should determine in your heart right now, and make an irrevocable commitment that all money above your predetermined amount is God’s money to be used only for the purpose of building up and expanding God’s Kingdom.

4. Warning:

a. Always, always remember that although God intends for us to enjoy all the goodness and fullness of life that He has given us, He also intends for us to "bring forth fruit" unto Him.

b. Having big money IS NOT about "totally consuming it upon the Lusts of the flesh" and living some outrageous lifestyle designed to get the attention of people.

c. Having big money IS about building up and expanding the Kingdom of God WHILE we enjoy the goodness of life that God has given us with family, friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ.
d. To have any other perspective will cost you your most valuable possession – your soul!

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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The Wealth Formula...

1. Come up with a primary income stream. For most people, this is a job. As I have said in previous articles, you should be aggressively moving towards owning your own business so that you have more control over your income and your time. Further, owning your own business is important from a tax perspective. When you are an employee working a job, you earn money, Uncle Sam takes his portion first, and then whatever is left over, you can use as you see fit. For most people, this means that they are in effect working for free for the first 3-4 months of the year. Not very smart! When you own your own business, you earn money, decide how it is going to be used, and then whatever is left, Uncle Sam can tax. This makes a huge difference in your ability to accrue wealth.

2. Give God his part of all your income.

3. Take another part of your income and put it into a wealth building account.

a. Most people say take a portion of your money and put it in savings. This is wrong. You aren’t looking to “save”. Saving won’t get you there because there will always be something that comes up where you have to tap into your savings. If you are saving for a rainy day, guess what you are going to attract into your life? That’s right, rainy days.

b. What you are looking to do is build your wealth. Instead of putting your money into “savings”, you want to put your money into a wealth-building account. When you put your money into a wealth-building account, guess what you are going to attract? Right again, opportunities to build wealth.

c. The amount you contribute to the wealth-building account isn’t what’s important. Developing the habit of contributing to the wealth-building account EVERY SINGLE TIME money comes to you is what’s important. Once it is a habit, the contribution amount will increase over time.

4. While you are building up your wealth-building account, start looking for investments that meet the following criteria:

a. You can retain significant control of it. The outcome of the stock market is not something you can control and so therefore, stocks or futures are not good investments.

b. It won’t take your focus away from your primary income stream.

c. At the very least, it will passively produce a significant return on your investment. That is, it should appreciate in value with little to no effort on your part.

d. Even better, it will become a passive income stream that requires very little of your time and produces money on an ongoing basis. Investments that produce ongoing royalties, commissions, residual sales, dividends, or rental fees are ideal.

e. You are able to develop a thorough understanding of it. Virtually all investment failures can be traced back to a lack of understanding on the part of the investor.

f. It does not violate or take away from other people.

g. There are few to no employees required and certainly, there are no “expensive expert” employees required. Here’s the thing, employees require “baby sitting”. As a Millionaire For Jesus, your time is worth at least $481 per hour which means if you spend an hour baby sitting an employee, you just cost yourself no less than $481 and possibly more. Further, employees always want “stuff” – not because they necessarily need it but because they feel gratification in spending your money.

h. It is something for which there is a high demand for it.

i. It is something for which you have a reasonable level of interest in it. Something that you have no interest in is rarely a good investment.

j. It is primarily a cash-up-front or cash-each-payment-period type investment as opposed to a “terms” business where you are always having to try to collect your money.

k. It is something which you can purchase outright from your wealth-building account. Many wealth guru’s would strongly disagree with this, but from a Biblical perspective, it’s not God’s will for His people to be under bondage of debt. The presence of debt takes away people’s ability to make the best choices in their lives because of the debt. In the absence of debt, a person is able to make choices and decisions based on what fits their life, their family, and their work for God rather than choices and decisions based on making payments on the debt. Bottom line, the Millionaire For Jesus makes small investments they can purchase outright that produce gains and growth that lead to bigger and bigger investments.

l. Real Estate is the most common investment vehicle because it fits all of the above criteria.

m. Business creation or purchase is the second most common vehicle. The most common types of businesses (due to their low-overhead and high-margin potential) include: information product providers, direct marketing companies, laundry mats, storage units, and vending businesses. There are many, many other wise investments besides these.

5. Once you have found an investment that fits all of the above criteria and your wealth-building account can fund it, make your investment.

6. Then, whatever money this investment produces should go right back into your wealth-building account. It’s important to remember that you live off of your primary income stream. A profit from your investment doesn’t mean “party time” or go spend it (blow it) on “stuff”. It means take every penny possible from the investment and put it right back into the wealth-building account so that you can make even bigger investments with even bigger returns.

7. Now, simply repeat this process over and over.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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