“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
Romans 12:2

Have you ever felt out of alignment—either physically, emotionally, or spiritually?

There are many ways our lives and bodies and hearts and minds can get out of alignment with God’s best intentions for us.

When we step out of His love, His rest, His peace, or even His presence, our lives can quickly fall into misalignment on all sorts of levels.

If you’re not growing, your life is out of alignment.

Many of us are ignorant that our lives are misaligned.

We are quick to blame forces outside of ourselves—the circumstances, people, government, and too often, the enemy—for what isn’t working in our lives.

But more often, we allow our lives to become misaligned because of socialization.

We defer to our relational constellation, the people we hang around, and how we were brought up to determine how high we fly.

If you want to change the flock you fly with, you must first change yourself.

The truth is, when you change, everybody and everything around you must adjust to accommodate your growth and progress.

Don’t wait for people or circumstances to get into alignment with your hopes and dreams; align yourself.

Could things be the way they are because you are the way you are?

What one thing can you change that can change everything?

You can change the way you think.

You can change your expectations.

How would knowing that God wants to use you to impact a multitude of people change your thinking about what’s possible?

God is wanting to increase your influence wherever He has positioned you.

God is actively providing you with opportunities to increase your network. I encourage you to leverage these opportunities, because when your network increases, so does your net worth.

I want to take you to Genesis 48:16 where Jacob laid hands on his grandson Ephraim.

Jacob was not only laying hands on him so he could prophesy over him and transfer an anointing, but to bring alignment to his mind.

When hands are laid on you, it’s not just about what God is going to do for you, but it’s also about what God is aligning you to.

Whenever hands are laid upon someone, it means God is inviting them to cooperate with a mantle adjustment.

Adjusting your spiritual mantle requires a realignment.

In other words, there is an adjustment of perception or “alignment of the mind” taking place—a mental adjustment.

Your mind is spiritual, but your brain is physical—your brain seeks homeostasis.

If God sends you a word that challenges you to grow, your brain is going to fight you every step of the way.

Anybody that has been on a diet can testify to the brain’s resistance to change. This is why breaking a habit is so challenging!

You can’t just break a habit by stopping something; you have to break a habit by creating a new habit. This works by the law of displacement and the law of replacement.

If you displace something, you must replace it with something else.

You break a bad habit by replacing it with a good habit.

When it comes to God bringing alignment so you can grow and increase in your ministry or business, it means you will have to change the way you think—you will have to change your mind.

And when you change, the culture will have to change—procedures and precedents will have to change—but your brain will always want to do the same thing the same way.

Do the same, get the same. Do different, get different.

Once you start changing, your brain is going to resist. Your own neurobiology is the biggest stronghold you will be required to overcome.

So when God begins to invite you into a realm of growth, you don’t have to worry about the enemy fighting against you.

Too many of us use the enemy as a reason why we can’t change.

Do you not know God has given you power over all of the works and wiles of the enemy?

Even so, it’s most probably not the devil fighting against you. More often, it’s our own wiring; we misfire because we’re mis-wired!

God wants to rewire your mind so you think thoughts that will enable you to maximize your potential.

God wants to reset your mind.

When Jacob lays hands on Ephraim and Manasseh, it gives God an opportunity to reset their thought processes.

Jacob commands a blessing and prophesies:

“God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them,
And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
Genesis 48:15-16

I decree and declare your children are being redeemed from all evil—your grandchildren and great grandchildren, and all of your loved ones are being brought back and pulled out of evil—not by your hand, but by the Angel of the Lord.

Jacob was not only commuting a blessing, but he was transferring influence.

The name and the anointing God placed on Abraham that made him influential and wealthy was being transferred. 

Jacob was saying, “How God transformed my life, I’m transferring that to you. You are going to think differently. You are going to think like a powerful and wealthy person of influence.”

Your thoughts are a precursor to your lifestyle. 

I decree that however God shows you that you’re going to live in the next 2-3 years—whatever vision He has given you—whatever prophetic word He has spoken over you—I decree and declare that you are acquiring the necessary mentality right now!

If you want to be the best in the industry, you must think like you’re the best, you must act like you’re the best, dress like you’re the best, network like you’re the best.

Many of us don’t leave the realm God delivers us from because we’re afraid of what people are going to say.

I say, give people something to talk about! 

It starts with a mentality.

Your internal reality will express itself externally as the reality you experience.

Whatever the realities are in your life, don’t try to fix your circumstances, fix your thoughts.

“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”
Proverbs 23:7

Show me your life, and I’ll show you your thoughts…

Are you ready to align your thoughts with God’s divine purpose for you?

If you’re serious about doing the work of living in divine alignment, plan now to join me for Kingdom School of Ministry in Atlanta!

I look forward to seeing you there!

“He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah 6:8 ESV

In many Christian traditions, this is Holy Week, the last week of Lent—a time of somber reflection leading up to the crucifixion of Christ.

Because we know the glorious end of the story—that Christ is risen as the “firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29)—we tend to focus less on the journey to that Resurrection than the outcome.

This week, I encourage you to be mindful of the cost Christ paid for your Kingdom citizenship.

“For He was in such agony of spirit that He broke into a sweat of blood, with great drops falling to the ground as He prayed more and more earnestly.”
Luke 22:44 TLB

Let’s not take for granted that grueling road to the Resurrection.

And with that in mind, let’s not waste one ounce of victory, peace, freedom, healing, provision, joy, and wisdom provided by that sacrifice.

“His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness.”
2 Peter 1:3

God does not want you ignorant of all you’ve been provided in Christ—He does not want His people perishing “for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).

He is calling you to a life of wisdom and understanding. He is calling you up to a higher place of walking in circumspect humility alongside of Him where He will show you how to fulfill His perfect will.

It if for this reason I founded Kingdom School of Ministry.

When you attend this week-long intensive, you’ll receive the equipping and impartation you need to maximize your Kingdom potential.

Registration is NOW open for KSM Atlanta!

Secure your seat NOW to join the class of 2018 and be counted among the growing family of KSM alumni around the world.

Now is the time to “grab hold of eternity” just as Paul instructed Timothy. (See 1 Timothy 6:12.)

There is nothing more important in this Christian walk than firmly grasping hold of the Word of Truth for our lives.

“Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is.”
Ephesians 5:17 AMP

Christ gave His life for you and I so the light of life would not only shine forth in our hearts, but would also shine forth into a dark world: “In the same way, let your light shine before others” (Matthew 5:16 ESV).

Do not remain ignorant about God’s best will for you.

You have the light of life—and that light is knowledge and it is Truth. If there are dark places in your life or immediate sphere, learn how to expertly wield the sword of the Spirit—your divine light saber!

“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God.”
2 Corinthians 4:6 AMP

Everywhere I go I meet people who are wandering aimlessly and feel powerless to change the course of their lives. They have given away their personal power and have become like the living dead sleepwalking through life.

This should not be so! Now is the time to wake up to the call of Christ—to rise up with the the power of the Resurrection that resides in you by His Holy Spirit. (See Romans 8:11.)

“When we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus. Each of us is raised into a light-filled world by our Father so that we can see where we’re going in our new grace-sovereign country.”
Romans 6:4-5 MSG

We are people of light (see Ephesians 5:8 & 1 Thessalonians 5:5). As such, we are called to make the most of every opportunity that we are afforded—to be good stewards of our gifts and talents on behalf of the Kingdom.

Are you making the most of the light God has imparted to you, or have you let it go dim?

This week, as we prepare to celebrate the victory of the Cross and Resurrection of our Lord, I urge you turn up the dimmer on the light of life in you.

“I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
John 8:12 AMP

Make plans now to join us for KSM in July! You will walk away with a clearer vision of what you’re called to do and how to do it.

You will be “rooted and grounded” with the understanding you need to make the most of your one precious life. I will show you how to expertly cultivate the field of your potential so you will produce the kind of harvest that impacts generations.

“You shall be rooted deeply in the soil and bear fruit for God.”
2 Kings 19:30 TLB

Wake up to the Resurrection life at work in you! Don’t sleepwalk through life any longer!

Join me in Atlanta July 15-21, and I promise, your life will never be the same!

“Don’t waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are. It’s a scandal when people waste their lives…

Wake up from your sleep, climb out of your coffins; Christ will show you the light!”
Ephesians 5:11-16 MSG

“Consider it a sheer gift when tests and challenges come at you from all sides….don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.”
James 1:2-4 MSG

When you feel as though people or circumstances are working against you, could it be that you are being pushed into your place of power?

Could there be keys to greater provision, capacity, and influence hidden in those very things you feel are opposing you?

“You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom.” 
Matthew 5:10 MSG

In last week’s 4 Point Broadcast, we talked about the transformational power hidden in the Law of Opposite of Effect.

We talked about the few essential keys and principles that will help you shift your mindset in order to overcome, become, and possess all God has for you.

If you missed last week’s Broadcast, I encourage you to go now to listen to the replay!

I believe this will help you turn the tables on whatever you feel is opposing you.

If you have been struggling in any area of your life, learn to tap into the treasure hidden in every problem—but even more importantly, learn to harness the power residing in persecution.

Learn to not only survive, but thrive in times of persecution.

Behind every persecution is a principality aiming to keep you from God’s presence, truth, and best will for your life.

Know that when you are persecuted for righteousness sake, you are being positioned to inherit the Kingdom.

Persecution is what births you from one realm of power to another. It elevates your capacity by refining your faith, establishing your character, and allowing patient endurance to have its perfect work.

“Is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, for when the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be ready for anything, strong in character, full and complete.”
James 1:2-4 TLB

Ready for anything…full and complete.

Persecution builds your resistance—just like lifting weights builds your muscle. In the gym of life, you could think of the enemy’s opposition as your prophetic set of dumb bells!

The enemy is used to build your capacity for greater things.

The devil is used like a piece of equipment that enables you to undergo the “resistance training” needed to make you stronger.

Many have asked, “Why does God allow persecution?”

I’ll tell you why. God is simply allowing the enemy to build the muscles you’re going to need in the next realm of dominion and power.

You are being persecuted into a place of power!

Persecution comes to drive you out of the presence of God.

The word persecution is derived from a Greek word that means “to flee, make run, drive away; put to flight.”

Persecution always begins with rejection. But remember, it is Satan doing the persecuting, not people. It is the enemy of your soul who wants to keep you sidetracked and blind to the power of God working in your life.

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Ephesians 6:12 NIV

Paul in his letter to the Ephesians instructs us to stand firm in the power of God we’ve been given.

God has empowered you through His Word and His Spirit to stand against every scheme of the enemy.

“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit,which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests” (Ephesians 6:14-18 NIV).

The enemy persecutes you hoping that you will not realize that God has something great in your future—hoping that you will give up—that you will throw in the towel.

Understanding what is at work and why, will help you unlock the provision and capacity you need to move into greater realms of power.

It’s about what God is doing in you and for you because you are blessed. 

Never doubt the hand of God is moving in the midst of persecution.

If you haven’t already, listen to the 4 Points replay where you will learn how persecution moved Isaac, Hannah, and Daniel into a place of blessing and abundance.

Herein lies an essential key that will move you into a place of power and prosperity—and even unlock the “wealth of the wicked” we read in Proverbs is stored up for the righteous. (See Proverbs 13:22.)

Don’t miss hearing this segment of the 4 Points Broadcast!

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
    For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:10 NKJV

“Then she said, ‘Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.'” 
Ruth 2:13 NJKV 

Last week I gave you keys to opening doors to destiny-defining favor; we looked at what we could learn from great women of God such as Esther and Abigail.

As we continue to celebrate history-making women throughout this month, I would like to turn our attention to the courage and boldness of Ruth.

“Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.”
Ruth 2:2

Why did Ruth believe that by gleaning among the grain she would find favor with a powerful landlord?

What can we learn about opening doors to unprecedented favor, provision, and promotion from her example?

“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife.”
Ruth 4:13

Ruth understood the Law of Reciprocity and the spiritual forces associated with humility, loyalty, and obedience.

This Thursday, on the 4 Points Broadcast, we will continue to unlock the transformational principles Jesus revealed in His Sermon on the Mount that will forever change the way you approach life.

“Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.”
Ruth 1:16

What launched Ruth on her journey to favor and promotion was first her kindness and then her commitment to Naomi and God.

Out of her deep love and compassion for her mother-in-law, Ruth pledged her allegiance to both her people and the God they served “under whose wings [she] sought refuge” (see Ruth 2:12). And here we begin to see the Law of Reciprocity taking shape on her behalf:

Ruth stepped out in faith, and God met her there.

Not only was she noticed by the owner of the field, but he was a relative of Naomi’s who had heard of her plight. In fact, Ruth’s reputation preceded her.  

“I know about everything you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband. I have heard how you left your father and mother and your own land to live here among complete strangers. May the Lord…reward you fully for what you have done” (Ruth 2:11-12). 

And the rest is history.

Ruth positioned herself to receive the favor of a prince, and became the great-grandmother of a king—King David.

What simple acts of humility, faith, integrity, and obedience are leading you into your field of favor?

What are the good works you are known by that are positioning you for promotion—and your descendants for greatness?

“Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her.” 
Esther 2:15 NJKV 

In last week’s 4 Points Broadcast, we talked about a fundamental key to obtaining favor.

Interestingly, last Thursday was also the Jewish holy day of Purim. This day commemorates when the Jews were saved from destruction as a result of Queen Esther’s diplomacy.

More specifically, because Queen Esther had obtained the king’s favor, she was able to intercede for her people.

“And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight.”
Esther 2:17 TLB

Appropriately, this Thursday, March 8th, marks International Women’s Day—also known as the “UN Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.”

In fact, many don’t realize that as early as 1955, the entire month of March has been designated as Women’s History Month.

In keeping with celebrating history-making women, I encourage you to listen and share last week’s Broadcast wherein we highlighted the stories of Esther and Abigail.

Click here to listen and share the replay!

This is a powerful and timely message.

You will learn that favor is not only something that is bestowed, but can be obtained.

And you will also learn that a synonym for “favor” is mercy.

“You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.”
Psalm 102:13

That word “Zion” has the connotation of something that lacks water or is dried up and parched—something that does not have the ability to produce or sustain life.

Another meaning for Zion is “to lack spirit” or “to be dispirited”—as in those who are discouraged in their faith or hope, or whose prayers and praises are dried up—they have become Zion…they have become dehydrated.

Now wherever there is mercy, there is going to be favor. And favor is like rain to a dry and thirsty land.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”
 Matthew 5:7

If you want to walk in supernatural favor, show mercy. When you are merciful, God will put massive favor in your path.

Mercy is treating others as you want to be treated. However, mercy like patience, must be exercised. You will be required to show mercy precisely when you feel someone doesn’t deserve it!

Being able to show mercy out of the same compassion Christ showed us will enable you to defy the odds.

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16

If you don’t practice mercy, your life will dry up. On the other hand, as you practice exercising mercy, God will cause you to be favored and to prosper in every area of your life.

Last week we talked about how Moses found favor, but how Esther and Abigail were able to obtain it.

If you want to prosper, obtain favor by showing mercy.

“I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”
3 John 2

This is a season of favor.

You are going to practice showing mercy and it’s going to become a way of life. You are going to treat people how you want to be treated.

You will no longer be less than merciful—or mercy-less—because every time you are you sabotage your own favor.

Your season of sabotaging your own favor, break through, and prosperity is over.

You are going to sow in mercy and reap in favor. You are going to be one of the most favored in your workplace, business, and industry. You are going to grow large with favor and blessing to become one who disburses favor and blessing.

Showing mercy has the power to change your status and station in life. 

Mercy positions you for greatness.

Your ability to show mercy is a destiny changer.

Learn to obtain mercy so you can extend mercy—because the traveling companion of mercy is radical favor!

“But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33

In last week’s 4 Point Broadcast, we continued our series, Living the Blessed Life, addressing the fourth Beatitude in Matthew 5.

This is a fitting message as we embark on the second week of the Lenten season—a biblical 40-day period consecrated to seeking first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
Matthew 5:6

If you are feeling unfulfilled in any area of your life, now is the time to re-evaluate what you are pursuing and realign your priorities.

In fact, if you want to become more, have more, and achieve more, you need to listen to the keys and principles outlined in this broadcast.

Learn how you can level up your life.

I challenge you to whole-heartedly pursue the blessed life Jesus outlined in the Beatitudes—and when you do, everyone you love, and even the world around you, will be blessed as a result!

Each and every one of us have the power to turn the world upside right.

Now is the time to supernaturally break free from the status quo.

Everything in your life and in the lives of those you love can shift by activating this one, simple truth: Fulfillment begins with hungering after God’s righteousness above all else.

You can live an abundantly fulfilled life—you can wake up in the morning and go to bed at night feeling fulfilled.

You can experience fulfillment in your relationships, in your work, in all of your roles and obligations because you have taken care of first things first.

“Morning by morning He wakens me and opens my understanding to His will. The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me, and I have listened. I have not rebelled or turned away.”
Isaiah 50:4-5 NLT

When you make loving God and hearing from Him your highest pursuit, you will live a life of fulfillment above and beyond what you could ask or imagine. (See Ephesians 3:20.)

Fulfillment means you are deeply satisfied because you are living at full capacity when it comes to your ability and character.

Fulfillment happens when you bring your goals, dreams, and aspirations to reality.

Fulfillment speaks to being successful at carrying out a task or duty or role or assignment; it has to do with being satisfied, happy, pleased, untroubled, content, or at ease—living in the realm of peace.

I decree and declare that as you embrace this Beatitude, your days of being discontent, unhappy, and unfulfilled are over!

Today God is empowering you to realize your dreams!

Today God is empowering you to fulfill your purpose—He is empowering you to accomplish your goals.

I decree and declare that every hindrance coming between you and your most fulfilled life is canceled!

I decree and declare that people who have frustrated you will have a change of heart—they will celebrate you as you realize your purpose and accomplish a great goal.

A goal is going to be satisfied in this season—it’s going to be satiated.

Living a fulfilled life begins when you purpose in your heart to pursue righteousness—when you place all of your energies into maintaining a right standing before God.

You must decide every moment not to compromise your Christian values, character, or integrity.

When Adam pursued something other than God’s best for Him—when He was seduced into walking away from his right standing with God—it caused him to fall and all of humanity to live in a state of feeling as if something is missing.

People would still rather sacrifice their right standing with God for things they don’t truly need or should have.

When man fell, the enemy gave him an un-natural appetite.

As Will Rogers once said, “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”

“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”
Matthew 8:36 ESV

God said you can have all things, including a fulfilled life, when you put first things first.

The level of fulfillment every person is seeking begins with first seeking the King and His Kingdom.

“Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work.'”
John 4:34 ESV

In this generation of believers, God is realigning our appetites—the deepest organic cravings within mankind that motivate and drive us to act or behave or respond in a certain way.

Your days of living with an emptiness are over! You will be blessed beyond measure when you are able to say, “I’m not going to compromise my relationship with God for any thing or any person.”

If you want your life to stand for something, hunger and thirst after righteousness.

Get ready for uncommon favor, for rare opportunities, surprising breakthroughs, stupendous success, amazing wealth, terrific friendships, and a magnificent, miraculous life!

Get ready to break free from the status quo and break into a life of true fulfillment.

“Some people have turned from the faith because of their love for money. They have made much pain for themselves because of this. But you, man [and woman] of God, turn away from all these sinful things. Work at being right with God. Live a God-like life.”
1 Timothy 6:10-11 NLV

“Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.”
Matthew 5:5

Meekness has been increasingly undervalued in today’s world of pretense and hyperbole.

It seems the loud and proud are those who ultimately win the day.

But history tells a different story. 

From Lincoln to Gandhi to Mandela to Mother Teresa to Jesus Christ, we know history is made by those who are willing to lay down their lives for the highest good.

As C.S. Lewis so aptly stated:

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”

So how do we abide in that place of not thinking less of who we are, but continually thinking of ourselves less?

In last week’s 4 Points Broadcast, we talked about the transformative power of true meekness—and how it is the key to walking in the fullness of our inheritance as heirs of the earth.

When Jesus said, “The meek shall inherit the earth,” He made an irrevocable declaration.

“You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.”
Job 22:28 NKJV

The power to declare a thing resides within you. The key is understanding where that power comes from.

And that is the secret of walking in the history-shaping power of meekness.

To be meek is different from being humble.

Meekness is a state of being, while humility is an act of the will.

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves…”
2 Chronicles 7:14

You must “will” to humble yourself.

On the other hand, meekness naturally flows from one’s character—it is a character trait that defines a person’s state of being.

When a particular character trait is etched onto your personality and into your temperament it defines who you are.

The Bible says that not only should you use your will to be humble, but if you choose to walk in that place of humility long enough, it becomes a lifestyle—it becomes ingrained in your character.

The meek are those who recognize where all blessing comes from.

When God created human beings, He gave them control over the earth and left it for their inheritance. But that control was handed over to evil forces…until Christ re-instated our position.

To this day, He remains committed to raising us up individually to walk in that authority.

Jesus stated that those who are meek—who know from where their strength comes—are those who will control the earth.

The meek are those who recognize where their help comes from—where their greatness, their opportunities, their power, their success—and even where their very breath comes from.

“For in Him we live and move and have our being.”
Acts 17:28 NIV

These are the meek.

In Numbers 12:3 we read about “the man Moses, who was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth” (KJV). The word “man” here denotes a state of maturity.

Now Moses was a foster child adopted by the daughter of pharaoh. There was a period of his life when he did not identify with his heritage as a Hebrew.

Yet a purpose deep within him began to kick in and demand to find expression—and it connected him to a people he did not formerly believe he belonged to.

Moses was an intellect, a brilliant thinker, a passionate visionary. 

He authored and engineered the infrastructural writings that would govern an entire nation. He was the founding father of a constitution he single-handedly established and delivered to a wayward people.

Or so it would seem.

As arrogant as he could have been given his great accomplishments, he wasn’t. He recognized where his gifts and intelligence and opportunities and influence came from—and was able to give all of the glory to God.

Moses was very meek.

Whatever Moses did he relied solely upon God to do.

Those of us who are gifted and talented, who are first in our industry; leaders on the frontline—one of the things we have to be careful of is to remember the source of our success.

There are so many people who are smarter, brighter, more beautiful, more talented. Never forget had it not been for the Lord on your side, you would not be where you are.

There is no such thing as a self-made millionaire. 

This truth is going to be important for you.

As much as you are tempted to believe that rubbing shoulders with the right people will result in doors being opened for you—you must understand this…

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength.”
Jeremiah 17:5

If someone closes a door to you, it only means God allowed that person to be a doorkeeper.