Success According To God's Design...

I'm wondering, has it become the case that you so want things to be a certain way that you're starting to become impatient and frustrated?

Even worse, is your over-anxiousness starting to move you towards wrong choices and decisions...in an effort to MAKE the good you want come to you faster?

My friend, you don't "make" good come to you. Rather, you DO the right things that LET good MATERIALIZE in your life.

Maybe, after you finish reading this article, it would be a good time for you to open up your Bible to the story of Abraham and Sara and the mistakes they made...the pain they cost themselves...the trouble they caused themselves and others...trouble that's still going on today...all because they were over-anxious to have the child God had told them He would give them.

Now, permit me to remind you of something...

God's primary mode of operation is the Law of Sowing and Reaping...the Law of Seasons...the Law of Process...

YOUR business is sowing right thoughts and right actions so that you reap the good you desire.

And here's the deal...there is ALWAYS an interval of time between the sowing and reaping. No person has ever planted something good and immediately harvested the fruits and rewards...never!

What is that period in the middle between planting and harvesting?

It's the period of GROWTH, right?

It's YOUR time for growth...it's YOUR time to increase your capacity to provide value to mankind and your ability to bring glory to God.

So, when you ACCEPT God's design of sowing...GROWTH...reaping, THEN life becomes much easier, happier, and enjoyable. There's far less stress and frustration. You can just relax into knowing that your good is on its way...that it is materializing.

And besides...right now...during this period when YOU GET TO GROW...everything really is ok. Is it perfect and ideal? Probably not...but overall, you really are ok.

Now, let me make a slight shift...the sooner a person gets focused on sowing their OWN good, the sooner they can start reaping their OWN good.

Why am I saying this?

There are those people who both sow "bad stuff" in their own garden of life and they neglect taking care of it. But, when harvest time comes, they don't want the LACK that their "LACK of good sowing" has produced.

So then, they look around and want some "neighbor" who has sowed "goodness and blessings"...one who harnessed and directed his/her mind and activities for goodness and blessings...one who put a lot of hard work into taking care of his/her garden of life...to give of his/her good harvest to them...even though they've done nothing to deserve or earn the good that the "neighbor" has worked so hard to produce.

In Matthew 25 we read about 10 virgins...all of them were good people...but five of them were wise ones who took care of their OWN good...and the other five were foolish because they "wanted" the wise ones to give them of their "good"...and they were instructed to go get their own good for themselves.

We each have to take care of our own harvest by first sowing and then growing into the harvest we want.

That's the model the Bible gives us.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane

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The "Something" That's Behind Blessings, Success, And Significance

There's a particular "something" that all truly blessed, successful, and significant people have...

Because of the inherent desire that's in all of us to be blessed, successful, and significant there are many who have studied, researched, and sought to find out what exactly it is in those rare people who are truly blessed, successful, and significant. People have spent years trying to find out...and when they are done, they come back and tell us about traits, characteristics, and behaviors such as:

• Vision
• Courage
• Confidence
• Action
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Wisdom
• Etc.

These all sound good...these are all important...but, where does a person get these at?

Where do these come from?

How does one acquire these so that they can gain blessings, success, and significance?

Well, I've got good news for you...there IS a "something" that's deeper than all of these traits, characteristics and behaviors...there is a "something" that's behind all of these and when a person has this "something" all of these other traits, characteristics, and behaviors automatically and naturally flow out of it.

Because you're here reading this, you get to find out what it is...

The "something" that truly blessed, successful, and significant people have is an unshakeable belief in the goodness, nearness, friendliness, and supportiveness of the Lord to them. They are fully persuaded that God has good plans, intentions, and desires for them and they can't wait to do something so that goodness can begin to materialize and manifest in their life.

When you are in right relationship with God through Jesus Christ and you have THIS belief resonating at the very core of who you are, THEN, vision, courage, confidence, action, etc. just naturally and automatically flow through you.

Stated differently, when you genuinely believe that the Spirit of the Living God wants to flow to and through you for good, and operate accordingly, then you will naturally and automatically exhibit the characteristics that bring about blessings, success, and significance.

King David...the killer of Goliath...the man after God's own heart...had this. We can see it in scriptures like this one:

"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." Psalms 27:13

But, here's the kicker...many people believe that God is good...but just not to them. Many people believe that God is near...to others. There are those who believe that God is friendly and supportive...of somebody else.

And with this belief, they BLOCK God's goodness in their own lives.

You'll hear these people complaining about the economy...about lack of opportunity...about limited resources...and they deny the power of God in their lives.

You don't believe me?

Well, what are you going to do with God's Word that says:

"the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD." Psalms 33:5

And...

"the goodness of God endureth continually." Psalms 52:1

And...

"we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy [God's] house" Psalms 65:4

You know what I think?

I think you're better than the way you've been thinking and believing up until now. I think it's time for you to look at the following verse in a new way:

"Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?" Romans 2:4

Are you guilty of not believing that God's goodness applies to you?

If so, I encourage you to repent...to ask the Lord to forgive you for your unbelief (Mark 9:24) and begin to REALLY believe in the goodness of God towards YOU!

Your blessings, success, and significance depends upon it.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane

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God's Gift That Gives You Everything You Want

Are you aware that God has given you a special gift that has unfathomable potential?

Do you realize this gift God has given you is everything you need to get and enjoy all that you want to get and enjoy...this gift is everything you need to be able to help the people God wants you to help?

Did you know that when you accept and embrace this gift it brings you unending joy, happiness, and satisfaction?

Oddly enough, there are some people who have not accepted this gift from God...some have even went so far as to refuse this gift.

What is this gift I'm speaking of?

The gift of work...the gift of achieving and accomplishing...the gift of producing and providing.

Now, consider this...

Anything that a wealthy person does to create wealth a non-wealthy person can do too.

Anything that a person with money is doing to create money...well, a person without money could do the same thing to create money too.

But, they don't.

It has to do with their perspective, their focus, their attention...and their willingness.

For example, wealthy people are concerned about being valuable...about creating and delivering value to other people.

That's something that anyone can do.

But, non-wealthy people aren't concerned about value...they're concerned about just getting by. Or, they're concerned about WHO is going to GIVE them what they want...and those are the people who are really suffering financially.

Wealthy people TALK to other people to FIND OUT what they would pay money for.

That's something that anyone can do.

Wealthy people take what they LEARN from people and they creatively come up with a way to PROVIDE people with what they will pay for.

That's something that anyone can do.

Wealthy people MARKET and SELL whatever it is that they've come up with that people want and will pay for.

That's something that anyone can do.

Really, it is!

Right now, if you really put your mind to it, you could begin doing all of these things that wealthy people do. And, if you wanted to be smart about it, you could go to your local library, check out an armload of books and in a week or two, you'd have enough knowledge on these subjects to get started.

Literally, one to two weeks of study and research is all you need...the rest of what you need to learn you can learn AFTER you GET STARTED.

Getting started...that too is something that anyone can do.

But only successful, wealthy people actually do.

It's interesting...successful, wealthy people became that way because they were willing to get started right where they were at with whatever resources they had. And, if you track back to the roots of MOST successful, wealthy people you'll invariably find that that "where they were at" wasn't exactly the greatest of circumstances...and the "resources they had" were quite limited...and THEY STARTED ANYWAY.

They started SMALL and through the GIFT OF WORK, their circumstances improved and their resources increased.

But strangely, non-wealthy people don't want to start small. They want somebody to GIVE them several million dollars so they can start BIG!

Non-wealthy people want to go from a non-existent enterprise to an internationally recognized enterprise...they want to go from no resources to unlimited resources...and they want this to happen almost instantly...without any pain, embarrassment, or abasement on their part.

Thousands and thousands of people have told me that God called them to a ministry...and even though God "called" them, they are ready to give up and abandon their calling because they don't know how to go from nothing to international...they don't know how to go from nothing to unlimited resources...so they do little to nothing...except complain to people and God about how God called them but He won't give them the resources they need...

But, He did! He already gave you what you needed. He gave you...

The gift of work!

STARTING HUGE is NOT God's model of ministry or business. Go read your Bible...you'll find that God's model is ALWAYS about starting SMALL.

God's model is always about YOU starting small...humbling yourself down...abasing yourself...so that God can make you great.

It's in your Bible...from front to back!

We could use any great person from the Bible but let's use King David. God "called" him to be King of Israel...David was literally anointed by God's prophet to be the King of Israel and yet it was years before he actually reached that position. And, before he reached that position, the Bible recounts what a lowly, humble, and in several cases humiliating and embarrassing lifestyle David lived.

How many people do you know that are willing to humble themselves down to a small and lowly lifestyle so that God can bless and exalt them?

What about you?

There's more...

In the case of David, the whole time he was small and lowly, he was busy WORKING, doing the best that he knew how to do before God and man.

This mindset that David had is revealed to us by his son in Ecclesiastes 2:14... "The wise man's eyes are in his head".

In other words, a wise person...a successful person isn't looking around at what's OUTSIDE of them and letting what's OUTSIDE of them dictate what they can or cannot do. Rather, they are using their IMAGINATION to "see" good things and then they WORK accordingly to the best of their ability.

Maybe, that's a shift in perspective that you need to make?

The gift of God...

Everything you want is dependent upon YOU embracing this gift.

All your hopes and dreams...

Ecclesiastes 5:3 says, "For a dream cometh through the multitude of business [much work]"

Notice, the Bible doesn't say your dreams will come to you through some person giving you a gift out of their bounty.

A person can continue to want someone else to give them their good...a person can keep looping on that strategy...but I don't advise that approach because it only serves to keep your good pushed away from you. What brings your good to you is WORK.

But, don't take my advice...take God's...

Ecclesiastes 3:13 tells us... "that every man should...enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God."

What "good" is your labor producing?

Consider that question carefully because all the good that which you wish to enjoy is dependent upon YOUR labor.

Work...it's God's gift...it's God's design...it's God's model...

Ecclesiastes 2:24 says, "There is nothing better for a man, than...that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God."

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane

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Would you like for someone to give you money?

There was a certain man who was asking for money.

He really was in a difficult predicament. Circumstances and conditions were hard for him.

They had been for a long, long time.

No relief was in site.

And right now, all he wanted was for some one to give him some money.

THAT would make his situation better, he believed.

You can read more about this man in Acts Chapter 3 and what you'll find out is that...

Money WAS NOT what he needed.

Oh sure, he could have easily found a way to spend and dispose of whatever money was given to him – but money wasn't what he needed the most.

What he needed was a HEALING.

If you'll receive it...

If you really want help...

If you genuinely want to turn your affairs around for the better...

You don't need money either. What you need is a healing...a healing in the area of money beliefs and perspectives...a healing in your mindset about money...a healing in the way you want to "get" money.

You need a healing from that socialistic mindset that wants someone else to "give" you money...to "bail" you out of your problems...your troubles...your conditions and circumstances...

Which is the same thing as saying you want someone to RELIEVE you from the CONSEQUENCES of your choices...your perspectives...your beliefs...your attitude...your actions and inactions...ALL OF WHICH WOULD PUT YOU RIGHT BACK INTO THE SAME SITUATION YOU ARE IN RIGHT NOW EVEN IF SOMEONE DID "GIVE" YOU MONEY.

In fact, it's not at all unusual for people who have been "gifted" bailout money to end up in conditions and circumstances that are WORSE than the ones they are in right now.

Here is your healing if you really want it...

Money is compensation for value and service rendered.

Provide little value or service and receive little money.

Provide much value or service and receive much money.

But, the money isn't what's important.

What's important is the benefit that your value and service brings to people's lives.

In providing value and service, you're HELPING people.

By helping people, you FIT IN with God's design and plan for mankind.

Yesterday, a friend reminded me of when we were boys...

The widow women we knew didn't sit around down and out and poor.

Instead, they WORKED!

One of them made handmade quilts that were of such excellent craftsmanship and design that they were SOLD before she could finish them...and in fact, she had a back-list of requests that constantly kept her several months "behind".

Another one made and delivered mouthwatering homemade pies, cakes, and desserts for families that didn't have time to make their own. And, they sure beat the stale, bland, chemical-laden options that were available at the grocery store.

Yet another one took the little bit of money her deceased husband left her and built a greenhouse which she soon leveraged into a booming year-around business of providing families with FRESH, HEALTHY vegetables that were of better quality than what a person could get at any local grocery store.

I guess you could say that people did give these widow-women money...and people were happy to give it to them...because they were getting something of value back.

These widow-women didn't lack for money. In fact, they hired young men and women in the church so that even more money was flowing to and through them.

What about you?

What do you have to give to people for money besides a bunch of empty, windy promises of "I'll pay you back when..."

You may be way "upside down"...you may be way in debt...with huge bills staring you in the face.

It doesn't matter.

All that matters is that you find some way to provide value and service to people...

And, that you find a way PRONTO!

Ask God in prayer what's the best way for you right now.

It may be something that you only do for a while. It may be something you do for the rest of your life. Just keep your focus on providing value and service and you'll end up doing the right things. God will lead you in the right direction if you'll let him (Isaiah 49:18).

Tell those that you owe what you're doing to turn things around for yourself...so that you can both pay them off plus accrued interest AND create a better life for yourself and your family.

They'll work with you. If they see that you're genuinely working at doing something to provide value and service they'll carry you.

It's when they see you sitting around wanting something for nothing that they become unwilling to work with you.

Quit wanting money.

Be a searcher, seeker, and implementer of ways to provide value or service.

Provide it in whatever way you can.

Provide it in such a way that there's something REMARKABLE, SPETACULAR, INCREDIBLE, or AMAZING about it.

It really is as simple as this. The "hard" part is actually doing the WORK. The "hard" part is overcoming your "fear of failure" and your "fear of people". The "hard" part overcoming your "fear of rejection" and going ahead and stepping out into the world of people and offering your value to them.

Now, it may take some time.

That's ok. The time was going to pass anyway.

Undoubtedly, there are certain hardships, mishaps, or "disadvantages" in your past. Maybe, you've brought them forward with you into your present.

That's good. Those "disadvantages" contain your unique advantage so that you can provide value in a way that's remarkable and special. Besides, every other person who's ever "made it" had their own set of "disadvantages" that they got past just like you can.

There will be failures and setbacks along the way.

That's ok. Don't worry about them. They don't define you. They aren't the "end". They are merely "educational devices" so that you learn what you need to learn. This is God's way of directing you into providing the precise, specific value that people really want.

There will be times when it "seems" like nothing is working.

That's when you maintain your Faith in God and REFINE your ideas about serving and providing value to people. As you continue doing the WORK of your "part", God will do His part behind the scenes. If you don't quit and give up, you'll soon enough see that is true.

Your life will never be the same.

You'll never "want" money again.

One more really important thing...

Watch out for the people who take it upon themselves to tell you this won't work for you. Oh, they'll have their "proof". They'll have all these "horror" stories where "someone" they know tried to step out and be a provider of value and "lost" everything. (Notice how it's usually someone else as most of these nay-sayers have never had the courage, faith, and trust in God to actually try anything for themselves.)

Watch out for these kinds of people lest you join their ranks of those who are AFRAID to go do the WORK and you waste your life away having never accomplished or achieved anything meaningful.

But, you ask, who's really right? Me or "them"?

Look to your Bible for your answer.

Can you find anywhere in the Bible where it tells you that you'll "lose everything" if you strive to provide greater value (LOVE) to people?

No?

Is there any place in your Bible that tells you God will forsake you and abandon you if you're genuinely serving Him and loving (SERVING) people?

No?

Well, there's your answer.

But of course, if your FAITH is that you'll fail and lose all...well, then you have obligated God to give you that.

But, if your FAITH is that you'll do your best to provide value and God will take care of everything else...well, God will do that for you too.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane

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How To Manifest A Miracle

I hope this really inspires you...

I hope this really encourages you, builds your hope, and increases your faith...

All too often, people have a problem...maybe its money, health, or a relationship...

And they start dwelling on what they DON'T have and what they THINK they need.

They GENERATE a lot of unpleasant feelings as they dwell on these things.

They think they need someone to give them some money.

They think they need a better doctor.

They think they need a different husband or wife.

Actually, they don't really need any of these "needs". These are all SECONDARY "needs". These are all DERIVATIVES of the PRIMARY NEED...

The primary NEED is to be in right relationship with God through Jesus Christ and to obey God rather than men.

Let's explore...

Most people know about the scripture that says, "But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33)

There's a BIG difference between knowing ABOUT something and KNOWING something.

That's why it's so important that we spend significant time STUDYING they Bible and SEEKING the truth's Jesus said are HIDDEN from the carnal person.

Now, we're ready to go deeper...

Let's look at the Biblical account of Jesus' first miracle in John chapter 2.

Verse 3 says, "They have NO wine."

So, right off the bat, we see a LACK problem. We find that there is a significant need.

What about you? Do you have a LACK problem? Do you have a significant need?

Do you – like the people in this story – have need of a miracle?

Well, God is a God of miracles...but miracles are at the END of the line...not at the FRONT!

Witness verse 5 that says, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, DO IT."

Uh oh...there's the real clincher...YOU HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING FIRST!

That's why I say you don't need someone to give you money. You don't need a better doctor. You don't need a different husband or wife. YOU NEED A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WHERE GOD WILL SPEAK THE WORD TO YOUR HEART AND MIND OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

It's AFTER you start DOING whatever it is that God speaks to your heart to do that the miraculous can occur.

But, you've got to DO what God tells you to DO with FULL PASSION AND INTENSITY.

In verse 7 we read, "And they filled them up to the brim." The servants in this story didn't half-way fill the pots that Jesus commanded them to fill. THEY FILLED THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. They put all they could into what they were doing. They went all the way.

Now, AND ONLY NOW, do we finally get to God's part...

Verse 9 says, "and knew not whence it was".

Somewhere, between DOING their part of filling the water pots and taking them out to the wedding party the miraculous power of God took over the work of their hands and blessed it – and the water became wine.

Right now, do you know how God is going to work everything out in your life and in your situation?

In most cases, the answer is, "I don't have a clue", right?

But, that doesn't matter...as you DO what the Lord has told you to do THEN, AND ONLY THEN will the miraculous come out of that which is unseen and unknown BY US – BUT WHICH IS FULLY SEEN AND FULLY KNOWN BY GOD!

It's true!

It really is. This is how it works.

Get a close look at verse 11, "This beginning of miracles did Jesus...and MANIFESTED FORTH HIS GLORY"

God WANTS TO MANIFEST FORTH HIS GLORY IN YOUR LIFE.

Do you realize that?

Can you really, truly, fully grasp that God really does want to do the wonderful and miraculous in your life?

But, it's about YOU and God...just the two of you.

You don't need something from someone else. You don't need other people to do something or give you something.

Right now, God isn't the least interested in someone doing whatever it is that you think they ought to do or that you want them to do.

Right now, God isn't the least interested in someone giving you whatever it is that you think you want them to give you.

Sure, when God ultimately performs the miraculous, it will probably involve other people that God has orchestrated to be a part your blessing...

But, like I said, that's all SECONDARY AND INCIDENTAL to the primary thing...

You having the kind of relationship with God where He will speak to your heart what He wants YOU to do and you OBEYING His voice.

That's what it's all about.

Moreover, as you are DOING what God has spoken to your heart to do, inevitably you'll be helping and blessing other people.

That's a good thing...

"Whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:8)

When you fully get this concept of you doing your part so that God can do his part, your life will never, ever be the same.

It will never be the same because you'll no longer waste time waiting around for a miracle.

You'll never again sit around unhappy because someone else isn't doing something or giving you something.

Instead, you'll quickly start seeking whatever it is that God wants you to do and you'll do it as unto the Lord, knowing that in the unseen and the unknown, the Power of God will begin working to bless abundantly that which you are doing...and you'll proceed with full confidence, with full faith that THE MIRACULOUS IS GOING TO HAPPEN in due process of time.

Don't be bothered by how small your start is.

Don't let the small scale of things right now frustrate you when you can envision things on a much grander scale.

Scale is God's business not yours.

When God is ready...when God has got YOU ready...then He will scale things up to bigger proportions. You don't have to worry about that.

All you have to do is OBEY and DO whatever it is that God speaks to your heart to do. Everything else will be taken care of by God.

Isn't that wonderful to know?

Doesn't that release a lot of pressure off of you?

Can you step into the freedom of LETTING God lead you by speaking to your heart what it is He wants you to DO?

Can you relax into the peace and joy of knowing that as you do your part, God will do His part?

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane

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Opportunities Everywhere – But Only The Wealthy See Them...

If you've read my FREE eBook, "The Philosophy of the Happy, Healthy, and Wealthy", you might remember that I stated there's a reason the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

Hold that thought in mind...

It's been suggested time and again by people of a certain mindset that money should be taken from wealthy people and "redistributed" to the poor.

And, when the wealthy hear this, they always chuckle to themselves because they know that even if something like that did happen, it would only be a matter of a few years until the money "redistributed" itself right back into their wallets and bank accounts.

How can this be?

Actually, it's rather simple...the "normal" person...the proverbial 95% of people think primarily in terms of what they WANT.

They're always wanting something...these are the people who LITERALLY spend their entire life dwelling upon some new thing they want, lusting after what they don't have.

To these people money is nothing more than a means to get something they want and they forever want more money so they can GET more stuff.

They are SELF-INTERESTED CONSUMERS. Their vision, perspective, and awareness RARELY opens up to anything outside of themselves.

The other 5% of people...the wealthy minority...well, they want more money and more stuff too...but that's not what they think about the most...what the wealthy think about primarily is...

"How can I and how WILL I provide INCREASED SERVICE and VALUE to a select segment of people so that I am duly rewarded and compensated for that increased service and value?"

To people who think primarily in this way, money is a means to provide increased service and value to an increasingly larger segment of people so that their rewards and compensation can be increased as well.

This makes them SELF-INTERESTED and OTHER-INTERESTED PROVIDERS.

Here's what you must realize...

Money ALWAYS LEAVES CONSUMERS and GOES to PROVIDERS!

And so, even if some government agency took the money away from the providers, the consumers would literally hand it right back over to the providers.

Do you understand that?

Good...because your wealth depends upon you understanding that.

In fact, pause right here and ask yourself, "Do I primarily think about consuming or providing? Which way do I mostly think about using money?"

Now, this brings us to why the poor think there is a scarcity of opportunity while the wealthy see opportunity everywhere.

For those people in the 95% group, they're thinking primarily about what they WANT...

Which leads them to thinking about how to GET more money so that they can GET what they want...

But all they can see is that wealthy people have "all" the money and they don't know how to "get" the wealthy to "let go" and "share" some of their money with them...

And so, it appears to 95% of people that there is a scarcity of opportunity.

In contrast, those people in the 5% group, they're asking themselves how they will provide increased service and value and get rewarded for it.

And so, they look around at what other people are wanting...

They look around at all the places where money is being spent...

And they ask themselves questions like, "Given what's wanted and what's being bought and sold in this specific situation:

1. How could I create or buy the supplies, raw materials, or resources that are required cheaper than what they currently cost?

2. How could I sell more of the service or product to more people faster or more conveniently?

3. How could I enhance the value of the service or product so that it can be sold at a higher price?"

As you well know, it's not hard to find inefficiencies and waste...

It's not hard to find opportunities for improvement...

And so, the wealthy LITERALLY see OPPORTUNITIES EVERYWHERE. They see so many opportunities that their biggest challenge is deciding which opportunities they want to take advantage of and which one's they should let pass on by.

And, the way they decide is by comparing each opportunity to their purpose in life, to the potential for reward and compensation, to the effort and energy required, and the potential impact upon other initiatives they already have underway.

Now, go back and take a closer look at #1, #2, and #3 above. Realize that individuals have EARNED vast fortunes by finding and implementing an answer to just one of these three questions.

And those who find and implement answers to all three questions? Well, they are the wealthiest of the wealthy.

Ok, here's your homework assignment...for the next week, every time you spend money, turn on your curiosity mode, consider and analyze the overall business situation in which you are spending money, then ask yourself the three questions above.

I'm confident you'll be amazed at just how many opportunities there are all around you.

Now that you know this, guess what?

Now, it's up to you to watch closely for the right opportunity and then implement.

Now, it's time for you to expand your horizons and your awareness and transition beyond a mere consumer and become a member of the wealthy provider club.

It won't happen over night. You'll make plenty of mistakes. There'll be some suffering. You'll have to make some sacrifices. People will laugh at you, make fun of you, tell you that you're not very smart, and that you don't have what it takes. And, it's all ok because you'll end up wealthy...enjoying the goodness and fullness of life that God has for you and making a far bigger difference in the Kingdom of God.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane Fox

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How can I make 2009 a more prosperous year for myself?

If you were to ask me, "How can I make 2009 a more prosperous year for myself?", here's some of what I would tell you:

• Remember to ALWAYS let God be your strength and consider Him in everything you do.
  Be an entrepreneurial, successful, positive, high-value, low-maintenance person so that you can have entrepreneurial, successful, positive, high-value, low-maintenance friends / colleagues.
• High earners are HUGE action takers, excellent relationship builders, and excellent connection makers. They have the contacts, relationships, and active connections that are benefiting their own and others bank accounts. They got this way ON PURPOSE because striking key relationships is one of the best ways to increase income.
• Create, produce, implement or provide something that's of value to others. Now, find a way to improve it. Then, improve it yet again. Next, create, produce, implement, or provide something that's complimentary to the first thing so that you have two things to offer to people. Keep on repeating this process.
• It's PARAMOUNT that you make changes for the better. Get serious. Do things differently. Step outside your comfort zone. Stretch your wings and fly. Connect with people by phone, letter, or best of all, face to face. Put yourself out there – not as a beggar but as a value-provider.
• Up to this point, YOU have REPEATED a set of tasks and procedures – YOU have operated your own little methodology or system – all of which produced the income level you now have – all of which you'll need to improve, enhance, upgrade, and add more features, functions, and capabilities to so that you can increase your value production if you desire to increase your income level. This is true whether you work for yourself or someone else.
• Here in the US as well as in some other countries, a nation's wealth is measured by its "Gross Domestic Product" (GDP). GDP is a measure of the total market value of goods and services produced that nation's citizens. It's the income generated by the output of that country's citizens. It's the rewards for all the activity and performance that's of value to the citizens of that country. And, how much GDP grows from one period to another is a strong indicator of that nations economic health. Guess what? This same concept applies to the personal, individual level – your income IS a MIRROR of your "Gross PERSONAL Production" (GPP).
• Your "Gross Personal Production" is a matrix of these three things:

1. Offering and selling existing products or services to people who are new to your world.
2. Offering and selling something new and wanted to an interested audience who is already a part of your world.
3. The systems of action, accomplishment, achievement, and completion – systems that create, develop, extend, enhance, convert, improve, and maintain items #1 and #2.

• Your "Gross Personal Production" – the amount of money you receive – is in proportion to the size of your systems. More specifically, it's in proportion to how expansive and frequently your systems make valuable offerings to interested people that convert into completed sales.
• People have set up systems that generate a few hundred dollars (substitute your own currency for those of you outside the US) all the way up to several billion dollars per month. What is your system generating for you each month?
• Let me say it this way... Money moves towards people and things of value. You can make money selling something of value that you own. You can make money selling something of value that you DON’T own but have the right to sell. To make more money, make more sales. To make more sales, give people – and more people – more opportunities to buy – purposely give them multiple opportunities to buy and give them calculated opportunities to buy multiple things. And always, always be building a customer list so that you always have someone to sell something to. All that you hope for is available for you to have and intelligent, applied, persistent effort and focus will surely abolish the obstacles that are between you and what you want. Be encouraged. We’re still in business for God and as out-of-control as circumstances sometimes seem, God’s still in control of all things.
• Perhaps, this is a good time to ask the age-old questions: A) What must I begin doing? B) What must I do more of? C) What must I do less of? D) What must I stop doing altogether?

Have a happy and blessed 2009.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane Fox

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Let's talk about "Mustard Seed" faith...

I cannot count the number of people I've encountered who want someone ELSE (or something ELSE like the lottery) to give them their first million so that they can THEN go do something in the Kingdom of God.

Unfortunately for these folks, they either don't realize – or don't want to realize – that what they want doesn't line up with God's Word.

They are unaware that they are WORKING AGAINST themselves because they are trying to do things CONTRARY to God's Word.

Consider these scriptures:

"Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Matthew 13:31-32

"And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it." Mark 4:30-32

"Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into HIS garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it." Luke 13:18-19

In these verses, we can see that things that are blessed of God START with something SMALL that is PLANTED in OUR garden (ministered in our ministry) so that God can bless it and cause it to GROW and BECOME something GREAT.

The problem is, many people are unwilling to humble themselves DOWN to the point where they can start SMALL so that God can do HIS work of GROWING something GREAT in their lives.

They FEAR what other people will think of them and in PRIDE they refuse to humble themselves to a "low estate". And that's such a shame because the rewards are HUGE for those who let go of their "people" consciousness and embrace a "God" consciousness.

That's part one. Here's part two...

Lots of people talk about these two verses:

"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." Matthew 17:20

"And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you." Luke 17:6

Now, I'm sure you can agree with me that lots of people want this kind of faith where they can just SAY, "Give me money" and money will come to them. But, as Jesus told us in Matthew 4:4 and in Luke 4:4, we've got to LIVE according to the entire Word of God.

What this means is that we need to connect the preceding scriptures of starting small with scriptures like:

"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." Luke 6:38

"Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord" Ephesians 6:8

WHEN people make this connection, THEN they'll have something that will REALLY WORK in their lives.

Here's the thing; I don't care who you are and I don't care what you DON'T have...

EVERYBODY has SOMETHING – however small it may be – that they can give as unto the Lord – they have something they can plant in the Kingdom of God.

Which means; the sooner you start giving and planting, the sooner you start ministering in your ministry, the sooner you can SPEAK to that which you've given, planted, and ministered, the sooner God can bless it to become something great.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane Fox

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How Can I Be Successful Like...

Frequently, people ask me, “How can I be successful like [successful person's name]?”

Sometimes they ask it like this, “How can I be as successful as [successful person's name]?”

And, when they ask me this question, you can feel their frustration, you can feel their hopelessness, you can feel that they don’t believe they can attain the success they desire.

They feel this way because they stopped too soon. They asked one single question and because of how they phrased and positioned the question to themselves, there wasn’t an easy answer and now they’re stuck – and that’s why they feel the way they do.

My friend, you must get beyond limiting questions and learn to ask yourself empowering and enabling questions!

So, in response to their question, I might ask them a question back like, “How successful is [successful person's name]?”

They almost always tell me, “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure”.

Well, as you can already tell from my question and their answer, they don’t even know what their target is. They have nothing more than a vague, ambiguous, ethereal notion of what they want. They just know they want to be more successful.

No wonder they feel stuck, stumped, and frustrated. Trying to hit a target of “nothingness” is ALWAYS a maddening exercise.

The obvious point is that regardless of whatever level of success you perceive someone else to have, you must decide clearly and specifically what level of success YOU want.

But, let’s say they are clear on how successful they want to be. Then, I’ll ask them something like, “What makes [successful person's name] so successful? In your study of them, what are the specific things that you have observed them doing that you believe causes them to be so successful?”

Again, they almost always tell me, “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure”.

So now, we both know that really, their desire for greater success is merely an idle wish. They want “something” but they aren’t really serious about it. They aren’t serious enough about it to actually try to study and figure out how to attain the success they say they want.

Really, they just want something for nothing – and God never supports that model. There is always a sacrifice, there is always a price.

But, I’ll push forward and ask them to give my question some thought for a moment and see if they can come up with some things they “think” the successful person might be doing. And, now that they’re actually thinking about it, they usually come up with two or three things.

Now, I ask them, “Are these things that the successful person does – that you just told me about – are these things that at some level – maybe it’s to a different degree – maybe it’s on a different scale – but at some level, could you do these same things?”

Usually, their answer is along the lines of, “Uhhhh, yea, I guess so.”

At which point, I usually ask them one last question, “Do you really want to be as successful as [successful person's name]? If you do, then you now know what you need to start doing because if you do what they do, you’ll become as successful as they are.”

Ask yourself empowering, enabling, thought-provoking questions.

Study success.

Take action.

Success is waiting for you.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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How To Create Affirmations That Work…

For an affirmation to work, it needs POWER…

POWER comes from God through Christ…

“Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.” 1Corinthians 1:24

“By the word of truth, by the power of God” 2 Corinthians 6:7

And, the Bible is this truth, this wisdom, this POWER packaged up in WORD form for our benefit…

The SOLUTION to any and every problem you’re dealing with right now can be found in the Bible.

You can have victory over your problems by using Bible-based affirmations…

Find those verses that apply to your situation and circumstances…

…and turn them into an affirmation!

Let me give you two examples derived from Acts 3:16:

“And [Jesus] through faith in His name HATH made [me] [???]”

“The faith which is by [Jesus] hath given [me] this [???]”

And, just so it’s clear, the ??? part is the polar opposite of your problem…the ??? part is the “good”, the “ideal”, the “outcome” you want.

Go ahead…try plugging in the polar opposite of your problem into one of the above affirmations and see if you don’t FEEL a spark of POWER in just saying it.

This is good…

And, I want you to let it get even better…

I want you to learn to talk to yourself just like Jesus would talk to you!

In Luke 13:10-13, we find a woman who was bound with a crippling infirmity that she’d had for 18 years.

Do you know what Jesus said to her when his path crossed hers?

He said, “Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.”

And immediately, this woman was made whole and she gave glory to God.

Could you use the PATTERN of Christ’s words in talking to yourself to create the same effect of victory in your life?

“[Your Name], thou art [???]”

Brother or Sister in Christ, you CAN use the PATTERN of Christ’s words in your life and His words WILL work for YOU too!

Of course, it doesn’t matter what you say if you’re constantly IMAGINING unpleasant, unwanted, and undesirable situations and circumstances. So, put away those negative thoughts.

Actively reject and eject any and every thought of what you don’t want from your mind. Give zero energy (fertilizer) to the undesirable – it may in fact exist at this moment in time but that doesn’t mean you have to give energy to it.

Instead, as you say your affirmation, IMAGINE yourself actually having, doing, being the good that you desire…IMAGINE yourself actively engaged with, in operation with, performing with, and using the good you desire even as you say your affirmation. In this way, you put good energy (fertilizer) into what you do want.

Bottom line, when you holistically think, talk, and act according to the principles set forth in the Bible, you’ll find that your life is a series of movements “from glory to glory”. This doesn’t mean there won’t be times of hardship and suffering – there will be. But, even in these times, we know that a greater victory is in the making.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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Wanting a Blessing While Cursing Everything…

Have you ever noticed…

When you’re attending a church service, it’s EASY to BLESS the Lord and to thank Him for His many blessings…

But, from the time you step outside your church’s doors until the time you step back inside them, it’s EASY to CURSE everything in your life?

Nobody means to…

Often, people don’t even realize they’re doing it…

They gripe about ________.

They complain about ________.

They’re unhappy about ________ and they tell everyone so.

You’ve heard them…

Maybe, you’ve heard yourself…

“That stupid ________ never works. I hate that thing!”

“That neighbor of ours is such an idiot. He’s going to mess around and tear up our ________.”

“You kids haven’t got a brain in your head do you? All you know how to do is destroy ________.”

“My boss thinks his sole purpose in life is to make my life miserable!”

“Come on you piece of junk car, start!”

"This economy is killing my business!"

"One more down-slide on my stocks and I'm going to be ruined!"

"I can't get rid of this headache!"

As Jesus told Saul (Paul) in Acts 9:5, “It’s hard for thee to kick against the pricks”.

As it pertains to you and I…

It’s hard for us to attract blessings into our life if we are actively cursing – no matter how hard or soft – no matter how direct or indirect – everything that’s currently in our experience.

Let’s make a change. Let’s do this instead…

Let’s bless everybody and everything for good – both in church and out of church.

Remember, "ALL things work together FOR GOOD to them that love God".

You love God, right?

That means that no matter how things "appear" in your experience, you can KNOW that it's a "package of GOOD" specially-prepared by God for YOU.

So, if you can go ahead and BLESS EVERYTHING in your experience, that good can get to you – faster.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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When This Happens, Which Way Do You Go?

It can be one of the hardest changes you’ll ever make in yourself…

…the ability to consistently focus on and be grateful for what you do have and what you can do…

…in the midst of so many things that you don’t have, don’t want, and can’t do.

And yet, it’s one of the most critically-important personal changes you’ll ever make.

Let a problem in some area of your life crop up – one that’s big enough to generate emotions within you – be it a financial problem, a relationship problem, a health problem, or any other kind of problem…

And what do you do?

Really, what do you do?

Unsuccessful people tend to promptly forget about all the so many things that ARE good and right in their life and they put all of their focus and energy into feeling bad about the problem that has arisen. And, they tend to stay in this state as long as they possibly can.

You do realize that what you focus on is what you’re believing for more of, don’t you?

That’s why, when a problem crops up in successful people’s lives, they CONSCIOUSLY and IMMEDIATELY begin to focus all of their attention and energy into being grateful for all the things that are right and that are good.

Then, they begin to express their gratefulness for all the options they have. Or, if they can’t yet see any options, then they begin to express their gratefulness for the excellent options that are sure to show up and the wonderful goodness that is certain to come out of this situation…

…which leads them on to curiously imagining and wondering just how many good things could possibly arise from this circumstance they find themselves in and exactly what those good things might be.

Do you see the difference?

One “goes” to the bad and the other “goes” to the good.

Doesn’t that make it blatantly obvious why successful people get far better outcomes in life than do unsuccessful people?

More importantly, can you make the shift in your thinking-focus? Even when it looks bad? Even when emotionally, it hurts?

It’ll make a hugely positive difference in your entire life if you can.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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It Was So Frustrating! It Was So Perfect! If You Only Knew…

Have you ever felt like the path of life was “one step forward and two steps backwards”?

Have you ever experienced frustration over what you thought was a “lucky break” but later, it just didn’t “pan out”?

Have you ever found yourself discouraged and even despondent because your achievements and accomplishments were far less than what you wanted and dreamed of?

Have you ever started a job or a business and thought, “This is the one! This is the one that’s going to get me over the top.” Eventually, in disappointment, you realized it wasn’t the one.

If you said yes to any of the above, then hear the Word of the Lord:

“For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up … and … did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed” -- Joshua 24:17

As you read the previous verse, did you see what God is doing FOR YOU as you walk the path of life and as you cross paths with people?

Did you see that God is:

• Growing, developing, grooming, and mentoring YOU
• Doing great things in your life – that you may not even fully realize or recognize yet
• Preserving you because he has blessings and a purpose for YOU

I’m not done yet.

It gets even better.

My friend, God is building, developing, and preparing you for so much good – both the giving and the receiving of good – and like a small child doesn’t yet understand the good that its parents are doing for it, you don’t yet understand the good that God is doing for you.

But, understand this: God is making your way perfect. Right at this moment in time, you may not feel like that’s true. But, I assure you it absolutely is true because the Bible tells us:

“God is my strength and power: And he maketh my way perfect.” -- 2 Samuel 22:33

It’s all good. Everything that happens is for good. Go inside yourself and realize with ever fiber of your being that as sure as you move, breathe, and have your being in God, it’s just as sure that He’s making your way more and more perfect.

One last thing…

What would happen if you were to let go of those feelings of frustration and disappointment and trade them for faith, trust, and confidence in God to take everything that’s happened in your life – both good and bad – and turn it into greater and greater good?

What if you made this trade and faith, trust, and confidence in God became your new mode of operation?
It’s incredibly simple. It’s incredibly hard. It’s surrendering to God.

Could you?

Would you?

When?

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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When You Find Yourself...

When you find yourself not taking action or taking steps towards your goal of becoming a Millionaire For Jesus, you’ve allowed fear and doubt to stop you.

When you find yourself procrastinating on what you really need to be doing – you’re letting fear and doubt stop you.

When you find yourself wasting time on “minor” issues and tasks instead of focusing on the single most important thing you should be doing – you are letting fear and doubt stop you.

When you find yourself starting new things without finishing previously started things that could be finished, you’re letting fear and doubt stop you.

Unsuccessful people rarely even bother to try to get important, meaningful things done. But, when they do start something good, they don’t stick with it.

They are looking for the path of least resistance.

They are looking for what’s easy right now.

Why bother with all the worry, the effort, the frustrations, the setbacks, the disappointments, and the failures. Yes it would be nice to be a Millionaire For Jesus BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT...

Besides the unknown is too scary. Grab a history book off the shelf and look at a few maps that are 500 years and older. Notice that the unknown is always represented by dragons. Like I said, the unknown is too scary.

In contrast, Millionaires For Jesus focus and act on what’s important. They stay the course. They are disciplined. They persist. They don’t quit. They face up to their fears and doubts – and then step into them in faith believing. They keep focused on building up the Kingdom of God no matter what obstacles or setbacks may crop up.

Starting a race doesn’t count. Running the race and finishing the race is what counts. "Ye did run well; who did hinder you?" (Galations 5:7) All too often, the "who" that hinders us is our own selves.

When you allow fear and doubt to stop you, not only do you rob yourself but you also rob God from the Glory He would get from working through you. Will a man rob God?

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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It Isn’t This Three-Letter Word That’s Holding You Back Is It?

There are lots of people who WANT what successful people HAVE but…

There are great numbers of folks who want the prestige and recognition that successful people have but…

Many, many people want to be able to travel and enjoy life at the level that successful people do but…

Unsuccessful people everywhere want the income that successful people have but…

And, they dream of having the freedom that successful people have but…

Oh, wouldn’t it be nice to accomplish the grand and wonderful things that successful people accomplish but…

But, but, but, but…

…unsuccessful people aren’t willing to do the things that successful people are willing to do to MAKE IT HAPPEN!

They aren’t willing to step out in faith. If they can’t see it all the way through, they won’t venture. The thought of risk makes them ill. The fear of the unknown chains them to their current environment.

They aren’t willing to discipline themselves to learn. They have zero interest in getting their hands on a self-help or personal-development kind of book. The last thing they want to listen to is something that might help them grow and expand their personal capability. God forbid that they waste their time watching a success video.

They handle little things, small details, and their time with total carelessness – as if they are completely unimportant. In fact, unsuccessful people often have this accompanying attitude that “little” things are BENEATH them. But, they’ll talk about how they would handle things IF THEY were in some big, important position. (Grab your Bible and read Luke 12:26 and Luke 16:10)

They give neither thought nor concern to the consequences and long-term effects of their choices and decisions – after all, in the overall scope of things, how could this one little choice or decision possibly matter?

They give their time and attention to ease, entertainment, and recreation – scoffing at and totally rejecting the thought of taking action, of working, of applying themselves diligently – effort is just too much for them.

But…

They’ll keep on WISHING they could have and enjoy what successful people have and enjoy…

They’ll live their life and die…

Never willing to MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Proverbs 1:32 tells us, “For the turning away of the simple shall slay them.” If you were to study this verse out, you would see that it means that “the willfully ignorant and lazy turn away from God and opportunity because ease is more important to them”.

Sadly, we also see in this verse that their “turning away” is the very thing that “slays” or “kills” their dreams and desires – that keeps them from having and being all that God would love for them to have and to be.

I beg of you…

Be the kind of person who MAKES IT HAPPEN!

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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PSSST! Want to hear a real success secret?

From time to time people ask me how they can be more successful.

So today, I’m going to share a powerful “secret” to success with you.

And the secret is…

LINKING!

That’s right, LINKING to what is IMPORTANT.

Now, there are several important connotations here.

First, this implies that a person has taken the time to think through what is really important to them. Few people have actually done this. I guess it’s too basic for them. But, it’s the very thing that is holding them back from getting what they really want.

Second is the implication that a decision has been made about what’s important and what’s not important and only that which is important gets attention.

Third, we get the sense that thought, time and action is devoted only to that which is important.

Have you ever heard someone say, “I don’t know where all my money went?” The reason they don’t know where it went is because they didn’t have it linked to what was important. Rather, it was linked to the frivolous.

As long as a person’s money is not linked to that which is truly important to them, they will continue to be poor. It’s as simple as that.

Have you ever heard someone say, “Where did all the time go?” Once again, this person allocated (other words might included gave or wasted) their time to something unimportant instead of devoting it and investing it on that which was really important to them.

As long as a person fails to link their time to only that which is important, they will continue to be unproductive and ineffective in all areas of their life – never accomplishing anything of real value.

So, decide what’s important to you. Decide to have it. Then, link, relate, and apply every resource you have to what it is that’s important to you.

You’ll find success finding you in a really big way.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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The Secret Weapon…

There is a secret weapon that people who know how to make money always turn to when they want to create more money…

Every time they turn to it, money starts materializing in their life…

You might think that this secret weapon is available only to those who are already rich…

But actually, it’s just as available to you as it is to the rich…

The strange thing is, poor people have reason after reason (excuse after excuse?) why they don’t use this weapon…

This is kind of sad because the secret weapon is the PRIMARY channel through which money flows…

What is this secret weapon?

It’s PEOPLE!

I’m NOT talking about that group of people who are just like you that you’ve hung out with your whole life…

I’m talking about NEW people…

I’m talking about LOTS of people…

I’m talking about an AUDIENCE of people who have a need, an urge, a problem, a desire that you can fulfill…

I’m talking about CONTINUOUSLY expanding the number of people you KNOW and TALK to – who think of you in a positive way – so that you continuously put yourself in a position to create win-win, helps-you-helps-me circumstances…

And when you start doing this, you’ll be AMAZED at the opportunities and the money that will appear in your life.

Is this really a secret?

Not really...

It’s just that so few people are actually willing to step outside of their comfort zone...

So few will ever get past their little circle of acquaintances so that they can be more, do more, give more, and have more...

But the few who are willing to go meet new people and build an audience find that it is truly a powerful, money-making secret weapon.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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One Critical Difference Between Success And Failure… Check Yourself!

All through history, the successful man or woman has innately understood this concept…

This concept is one of the first things the successful person will talk about when asked about his or her “secrets to success”.

Some refer to it as having a vision…

Others think of it as an attitude or state of mind…

And, there are those who refer to it as setting goals…

Whatever you call it, it’s about creating a pre-determined picture in your mind of what your life should be like and then purposely striving to create that picture.

This is one critical difference between people who are successful and those who are not – successful people have a pre-determined picture and are actively working to create it in their lives and unsuccessful people do not.

You see, it’s responding versus reacting.

Because successful people have a pre-determined picture in their mind, they can take whatever comes into their life and whatever happens in their life and shape it and mold it to conform to and support their pre-determined picture – they can RESPOND in a positive and creative way. And, unsuccessful people call them “LUCKY”.

On the other hand, because unsuccessful people do not have a pre-determined picture in their mind, the only thing they can do with things that come into their life and that happen to them is REACT.

Unfortunately, people who have not conformed to God’s Word (Bible) are inherently negative and so their REACTION is a negative interpretation of whatever has happened in their life – which tragically, puts them on a downward spiral to more negativity.

The sad thing is, unsuccessful people are so close…

If you spend any time at all with them, you’ll hear them say things like:

• “I wish I had a million dollars”
• “I’d love to have a million dollars”
• “Wouldn’t it be nice if I had a million dollars”

The missing piece to their success is that they never DECIDE to go for it. They never DECIDE to have it.

They never realize that these “good” and “grand” and “exciting” wishes are really God wanting to express Himself through people.

First, let’s take a look at God’s picture of you…

Deuteronomy 8:16 – “that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end."

Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

Now, with this in mind…

• What is your picture for your spiritual life?
• What is your picture for your “good works”?
• What is your picture for your family and home-life?
• What is your picture for your health?
• What is your picture for your bank account?
• What is your picture for enjoying God’s fullness and goodness of life?

These are pictures that you have to create.

You have to think through what you want in every aspect of your life.

You have to DECIDE to have it.

Once you’ve established the picture, go to work creating it in your external world. It won’t happen overnight. It will take some time. Keep working to create it. Eventually, it will materialize and you will find yourself living in a world that mirrors the picture you first created in your mind.

And, if you have a business, picture your business as follows:

• A beautiful, attractive, neat, clean, exciting, and fun place
• Streams of smiling, happy customers constantly flowing through your business, giving you money in exchange for even greater use value
• Warm, pleasant, and helpful vendors supplying your needs in a timely manner
• Employees who are dedicated, loyal, resourceful, creative, helpful, and friendly, portraying professionalism to all they interact with
• Increasingly positive cash-flow and net profit

Now, every day, spend time thinking about ways and means by which you can create this picture in your business. When you come up with an idea, implement it. Some will work. Some won’t. All that matters is that you are working to create the picture. Eventually, the picture will become a reality.

Let me end with a couple of quotes:

"The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created - created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination." -- Deborah James

“You see, latent within any clearly imagined dream lies the innate potential to literally craft the entire sequence of events necessary to make it manifest. And if you move with that dream, demonstrating both faith and belief, making yourself available to "accidents and coincidences," not insisting on the hows and rolling with what may come, the sequence is permitted to play itself out. Yet because you can only perceive this sequence with the physical senses through a linear time line, it will likely seem that much of your journey doesn't make sense, is unpredictable, or may even appear off-course. If your journey at the moment isn't making much sense, seems unpredictable, or even appears to be off-course, let's just say that in the bleachers, right now in the unseen, your name is being sung in a deafening chorus with each syllable being punctuated by primal drum beats, while cheerleaders are cheering, fans are hysterical, and happy-tears are flowing.” -- Mike Dooley

The key is to make sure that in all the pictures we are creating, God is glorified. When we do this, God is happy and we'll be happy too!

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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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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The Last Words Of A Dying Man...

Part 1

1 Chronicles 29:12 – “Both riches and honour come of thee [O Lord], and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.”

These are some of the words of a dying man who had a meager beginning taking care of farm animals.

These are the words of a man who was born the youngest of 8 boys and brought up in a culture where the oldest received all of his parent’s material possessions and the youngest received nothing.

At a very young age, this man realized that because of his birth “position” there was not one single person that he could look to for help up.

I mean think about it, who wants to invest time, energy, or money into a dirty farm boy who has nothing and who has no prospects of a future?

As a boy, this man’s own father discounted him as nothing and worthless – good only for tending to the animals.

Of course, this man had a mother but there is no mention of her in any of his history – evidently, she didn’t want anything to do with him either.

Are you one of those “disadvantaged” people with no one to help you?

Are you one of those “little” people that family, acquaintances, and society has relegated to the status of nothing and unimportant – a person who is good for nothing more than some menial job?

At a young age, this man decided that because of his situation he could either think really small or he could think really big. He decided that he would think really big.

He said, OK, there’s not a single person who will help me…

So, who is ABOVE people?

That would be God!

So, I’m going to turn to God for help. I’m going to trust in God to lift me up.

At a young age, this man realized that even though there weren’t any people interested in helping him, he also realized that there was no one who could stop him from looking up to the Lord for help.

These are the last recorded words of King David – a man who was a giant killer, a man who taught and showed others how to become giant killers, a man who amassed great wealth and used it to expand God’s Kingdom, a man who showed and taught others how to amass great wealth so that they too could expand God’s Kingdom.

Part 2

1 Chronicles 29:12 – “Both riches and honour come of thee [O Lord], and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.”

There are some important principles in these last words of King David:

1. God is in control of all. God reigns over all.
2. Because God has unlimited power and might, anything and everything is possible with Him – for those who trust in Him.
3. No matter how powerful certain people may appear and no matter how much “control” they want to assert over your life, they are nothing to God when you are trusting in Him.
4. No matter how dire external circumstances may seem, they are nothing to God and they are nothing to you when you are trusting in God.
5. It’s in God’s hands to make people great – if they will receive it. Most people won’t.
6. It’s in God’s hands to give strength (spiritual, familial, physical, and financial) to everyone who will accept it. Most people won’t.
7. Most people would like to have riches and honor but they are so busy looking to other people to make everything happen for them that they never turn their lives over to God so that He can make them great.

Just as King David did, you too can trust in God, you too do great things to further the Kingdom of God, you too can teach and show others how to do great things to further the Kingdom of God.

Go ahead and turn your life over to God.

Dare to believe and trust in Him.

See if He don’t lift you up and make you great and give you strength and give you riches and honor.

Look at King David's last word's one more time:

"Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name."

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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The Secret Of The Lips

Isaiah 57:19 reveals an AMAZING secret to us, “I create the fruit of the lips…saith the Lord.”

What words are coming across your lips?

Not sure?

Well, just look around you. Look at your life. Look at your results. Look at your bank account. What you see is the physical creation of the words that you say.

Do you like what you see?

Would you like for things to be different?

If so, then all you have to do is change the words that you use, add some faith in God, and allow a little time for things to change.

Listen up…

As long as you see and say what you have, then you will always have nothing more than what you have right now.

But, when you can consistently see in your mind and say with your mouth what you want, you will soon have what you want.

The caveat is that you must hold to what you see and say no matter what others around you are saying and regardless of what circumstances may look like.

Your words will manifest themselves in your life – negative or positive.

When everything around you has the “look” of poverty, speak words of wealth.

When your checkbook register shows a zero balance, speak words of abundance.

When you feel like you are a “nothing-aire” speak the words that you are a Millionaire for Jesus and that you abound unto every good work to the Glory of God.

One more thing, keep in mind that the “middle” of something is usually pretty ugly. For example, in the middle of a surgery, “appearances” make it look like there has been an axe murderer on the loose. But at the “end” that person’s health is restored.

So, always, always, always see, say, and believe the end result that you want no matter what the beginning and middle might look like.

Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Lane Fox

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