“Always give thanks for everything to our God and Father.”
Ephesians 5:20 TLB

This week here in the United States we are celebrating Thanksgiving.

The history of this annual tradition dates back to the original colonists—and was proclaimed a national holiday by the first president, George Washington. 

Thomas Jefferson chose not to observe the holiday and for more than half a century it was not regularly celebrated.

In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a federal holiday to be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November.

“Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”
Abraham Lincoln

The Civil War came to an end eighteen months later.

Now more than ever we need to pause and offer “thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father” to turn the tides of oppression, injustice, and violence.

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No matter what you’re battling, your recipe for victory is extravagant praise and thanksgiving.

It’s a matter of what you choose to glorify—whether you glorify the problem or the Solution.

Will you magnify the works of the enemy or the promises found in God’s Word?

Where will you choose to put your focus?

Too often we focus on the what chastises our peace rather than on the Prince of Peace.

We choose to focus on what we don’t have and who we are not, rather on that we do have and who we are in Christ.

We allow whatever is missing from our lives to command our attention rather than the goodness and grace of God always working on our behalf.

“We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love Him.”
Romans 8:28 NCV

Living a victorious life is a matter of managing your focus—specifically, focusing on the victory Giver: “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory” (1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV).

The key to unlocking the abundance of God is thanking and praising the God of abundance.

Abundance is all around you in every moment, just as is your heavenly Father.

And if God is in everything—“by him all things consist” (Colossians 1:17)—we know that where He is there is provision, freedom, joy, healing, and whatever you need.

“God…is over all and through all and in all.”
Ephesians 4:6 NIV

God wants to bless you with all goodness, grace, wisdom, authority, and abundance.

He wants to give you eyes to see and ears to hear His promise for you in every situation.

He wants you to overcome, to succeed, to prosper, to be victorious—to inherit every one of His promises. 

He wants you to step into the blessed life because that is where you will live your best life.

God wants you to focus on Him and all that is possible in Christ.

When your circumstances are pulling on your attention, focus on God! Focus on what He is saying, what He has promised, and what He has done and will continue to do in your life.

The more attention you give to what you hope for rather than what you fear, the more your mind—and your energy—will be renewed.

You’re not going to be tired or depressed or overwhelmed. You will throw off the spirit of heaviness, indifference, and lethargy that leads to despair.

You will have energy to shake yourself awake and walk in God’s ever-present light.

“Awake, O sleeper,
    rise up from the dead,
    and Christ will give you light.”
Ephesians 5:14 NLT

If you want more of God and His light in your life, focus your attention on Him by lifting up your head, heart, hands, and voice with praise and thanksgiving.

If you want more victory, peace, and joy, praise and thank God for more than you even understand is possible. 

This is not only your instant-access pass to the throne room of Heaven, but also the key to unlocking the power residing within you.

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”
Ephesians 3:20 NKJV

Whatever you focus on grows. If you want more of God’s goodness growing in your life, focus on His goodness!

No matter where you are in the world this week, take time to offer thanksgiving and praise to our generous “beneficent” Father.

Give thanks for God’s abundance with abundant thanksgiving!

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 NIV

There are so many believers in the world who let life happen to them, not knowing they are in a position to affect change.

There are so many gifted and talented people living miserable lives because they are confined by restrictions imposed upon them by others.

The days of restricted living are over.

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Dare to go beyond the boundaries and expectations of others.

Dare to stretch past the walls and barriers that have been imposed upon you.

Dare to imagine and ask for more.

Dare to “do immeasurably more…according to His power that is at work within us.”
Ephesians 3:20 NIV

Dare to defy the status quo!

Your destiny is attached to the decisions you dare to make every day.

If you want to live into the immeasurably more that God has for you, you must learn to adopt a make-it-happen mindset.

Your destiny is contingent upon your decisions.

When we talk about destiny, we’re talking about where a person ends up at a future point in time based on the decisions they make now or have made in the past.

I am always surprised by the numbers of people who don’t have a clue that they can “decide for a change”—that they can change anything the moment they embrace their identity as a divinely-ordained change agent.

You are divinely created to create change.

You are a creative being with the power to imagine new outcomes—and endowed with the divine agency to act on what you’ve imagined.

You’ve probably heard me on a number of occasions describe the three types of people I’ve observed: 

1. Those who watch things happen

2. Those who ask, “What happened?”

3. Those who make things happen

History is made by those who make things happen. Change is made by those who make change happen. Success is made by those who make success happen. Wealth is made by those who make prosperity happen. 

A difference is made by those who make a difference happen.

Life is never fair; success and prosperity happen on an uneven playing field.

I used to think the playing field was level—that we are all given the same opportunity because we are all given the same number of hours in a day.

But the field is never completely level, and you will trip if you fail to see it for what it is. You need to run toward the endzone with your eyes wide open so you don’t stumble when you encounter a dip—let alone a defensive tackle.

You must be quick to adjust to make the goal.

We’re living in a world where we hear a great deal about discrimination—where we hear about marginalization, injustice, and inequality.

Most people believe that these are the types of things that determine their destiny.

However, it’s not inequity that determines your destiny, but how you react; it’s how you respond to the obstacles you encounter that determines your future.  

This is how you defy the status quo.

You take action.

You learn not to be reactive, but to be proactive. 

It takes courage to go against the status quo—to go against tradition or the socio-cultural constraints of a nation; to speak up against unjust legislation.

It takes courage to proactively stand and speak out on behalf of those who haven’t yet found their voice. 

It takes strong inner conviction to disrupt the status quo.

We’re living in a time when believers must step up and disrupt!

Now more than ever we need God’s people to shake the world awake—to disrupt a world asleep to the need for justice and mercy.

We can no longer stand idly by watching from the sidelines. It is incumbent upon each of us to defy the status quo in our lives and in our nations.

The days of living bound by restrictions are over.

Purpose and destiny have the power to propel you beyond the status quo.

This is why I write purpose-driven, destiny-defining books such as Commanding Your Morning and Hello Tomorrow!

And it’s why I host events such as End Your Year Strong!

Let’s join together and break through every barrier and become all who God in Christ created us to be—until “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord” (Rev. 11:15).

Join me in Atlanta Dec. 7-8 as we step into life beyond the limits! 

“The people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits.”
Daniel 11:32

“This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it!”
Psalm 118:24

If you want to begin your day strong, begin it by acknowledging its Creator with joy and gladness.

If you want God working in any area of your life, first “ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name” (1 Chron. 16:29)—declaring His goodness with a grateful heart.

If you need protection, provision, wisdom, healing—help of any kind—first and foremost, praise God for His faithfulness.

“Go to the Lord for help…worshipping Him continually.”
1 Chronicles 16:11

Whatever you need, however you want to live, whatever your dreams, first “offer to God the sacrifice of praise” (Ps. 149:14).

This is the key to breaking free and living beyond the limits—the more extravagant your worship, the more extravagant the results.

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A Night of Extravagant Worship with Grammy Nominee Todd Delaney!

The theme of this year’s End Your Year Strong Empowerment Summit is BEYOND THE LIMITS!

And that is why we are inviting the top worship artists from around the country and dedicating an entire evening to barrier-breaking, limitation-busting, atmosphere-shifting, earth-altering, heaven-revealing worship!

The secret to your victory, freedom, and breakthrough success is hidden in your attitude of gratitude toward God.

Unlock God’s extravagance through extravagant worship.

When I think of someone in the Bible who exhibited extravagant greatness, I think of David. 

David who as a teenager slew a lion and a bear, and then took down a giant, and as one of the most famous warriors, conquered entire armies. 

David who succeeded and prospered at everything he set his hands to—who God favored above all others and anointed king over Israel; a royal lineage for all generations.

But more than this, David was known as a worshipper. He was referred to as “a man after God’s own heart” (see 1 Sam. 13:14 and Acts 13:22).

“The Lord has sought out a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler.”  
1 Samuel 13:14 NIV

Some translate this to mean that David held a special place in God’s heart, as in he was “the apple of His eye” (see Psalm 17:8), or that David was an imitator of God, as in “a chip off the old block.”

But I believe this to mean that God sought after a person who would seek after Him—someone who would chase after His heart.

And as the Bible’s primary psalmist, that’s what David did. David was after—as in pursuit of—God’s heart through extravagant worship.

“Celebrating extravagantly all the way…David…danced with great abandon before God.”
2 Samuel 6:14 MSG

David was quick to give God extravagant glory upon every victory, and he was quick to extravagantly praise Him in his every time of need.

And this is why David experienced extravagant results.

It is why David seemed to walk in supernatural strength, grace, discernment, provision, favor, protection, and wisdom. 

Are you in need of supernatural grace? Are you in need of divine wisdom? Are you in need of more-than-enough provision? Are you in need of an epic breakthrough?

“Worship the Lord your God; it is He who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
2 Kings 17:39

Learn to worship God extravagantly. 

Become an extravagant worshipper and you will unlock heaven’s extravagance in your life.

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“Bring an offering [of thanksgiving], and come before Him;
Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
Let them say among the nations, ‘The Lord reigns!’”
1 Chronicles 16:29, 31 AMP

I challenge you this week, as it is recorded in 1 Chronicles, to begin the day as David did declaring the goodness of God and giving thanks: “That day David first gave…this song of thanks to the Lord” (1 Chronicles 16:7)…

“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
Psalm 90:12 NKJV

If you seek to be wise, you must learn to number your days—you must learn to maximize the time you’ve been gifted each and every day.

God is the creator of time—it is the first thing He created in the beginning.

“In the beginning God created.”
Genesis 1:1 NCV

According to Hebrew tradition, what this means is that God is the Originator of beginnings—and the beginning He began is what we call “time.”

Whatever begins with God—or whatever God begins—must end well.

“God looked at everything He had made, and it was very good.”
Genesis 1:31 NCV

So let me ask you, “How do you begin your day?” Or better, “Who is in the beginning of your day…your year…your business?”

How and in Whom do you begin every endeavor?

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If you begin your day with God—if you begin your relationships with God—if you begin your strategies with God—your business with God…

However you begin your beginning, if you begin and end with God, you will prosper in all you do.

God will cause your life to expand as you seek Him and trust Him to build your capacity for more.

“The Lord shall increase you more and more.”
Psalm 115:14-15

Everything God creates—everything He begins—is to fulfill a purpose.

God created time with a purpose and for a purpose. Because the beginning of time was the first thing He created, it was a priority.

That means correctly harnessing your time, especially your beginnings, should be a priority for you—and it is why we must learn to number our days.

Ask God what you should be doing at the beginning of each day, week, month, season, and year.

Ask God what amazing thing you should be starting.

Make every day on this earth count by asking God what new thing He wants to show you.

Ask Him to teach you not only how to take advantage of opportunities, but how to create opportunities for yourself and others.

Make God the manager of everything you do, especially what you do with your time.

Ask God to prioritize your activities.

Allow nothing else to control or manage your time but God.

Ask Him to teach you how to manage your activities according to specific time frames. This is as close as you will come to managing time.

God is the creator of time—He is the manager of time—therefore you cannot manage time. You can, however, manage your activities within specific time frames.

You can begin your beginning with God.

Start something amazing and begin your day with God!

You can rejoice knowing your day is the day the Lord has made—you can rejoice knowing what begins with God will end amazing.

“Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God. He is the One Who made all light.”
James 1:17 NLV

If you need light, you need the One Who made all light.

If you need an idea or inspiration, a solution or resolution, clarity or direction, you need to begin with God.

God will cause your life to fill with light. It may have started in a dark place on a low note, but it is going to end on a high note!

Join me at EYYS and let’s end and begin on a high note!

Let’s start something amazing at End Your Year Strong 2018!

“The fastest runner does not always win the race, the strongest soldier does not always win the battle, the wisest does not always have food, the smartest does not always become wealthy, and the talented one does not always receive praise. Time and chance happen to everyone.”
Ecclesistes 9:11 NCV

In last week’s 4 Points Broadcast, we explored the concept of “time and chance” and how these are related to your destiny.

We looked at what it means to be a destiny-driven time traveler in God’s Kingdom while we’re alive here on the earth.

What is the legacy you are leaving—or the history that is going to be told—with that dash between your birth date and your expiration date?

The EYYS Empowerment Summit is your opportunity to synchronize and syncopate yourself to God’s time table for you.

Join us in Atlanta December 7-8 where we will gather under an open heaven to receive prophetic impartations from God.

You will receive the inspiration and strategies you need to succeed and achieve like never before.

We want to give you the tools and resources you need to fulfill purpose and maximize potential in this prophetic season.

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Every single one of us is endowed with the same amount of time in any given day—and we are each given opportunities within our lifetime to do something great.

Opportunities are not reserved for the talented or skilled or wealthy or people who live in developed countries; opportunities are given to everyone.

“Time and chance happen to everyone.”
Ecclesistes 9:11 NCV

Time is something we use every single day; it is something we have but cannot keep; it is something we are given but cannot manage ourselves.

As the Lord began to speak to me about destiny, He talked to me about leveraging the resources necessary to fulfill purpose and the critical importance of timing.

We must learn to effectively harness the resources of time and opportunity.

The word chance in Ecclesiastes 9:11 can be translated to mean “opportunity.”

Within our lifetime, we are each given an opportunity to do something great—we each have an opportunity to succeed…an opportunity to prosper. 

Every person alive will have an opportunity to change…an opportunity to grow—a chance to undergo a capacity building process that will further enable them to leverage the opportunity to influence the future and to shape history.

Each one of us is given time; but all of us are given opportunity.

This is important because when we speak about opportunity, we are also talking about discerning a specific timeframe for any given opportunity. 

It is why the enemy will fight to keep you distracted—to break your focus with busyness, media, temptations, frustrations, and all manner of distractions.

By keeping you distracted so you squander your time, the enemy can potentially cause you to abort your purpose. 

“To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV

Purpose is expressed according to a time frame. 

By the time you recover yourself from the enemy’s tactic to keep you distracted, you have already wasted your time!

Time is one of your most valuable resources. And once time is gone—once it is lost—you cannot get it back.

There are times that have been appointed that we must discern if we are to keep the enemy from highjacking our purposes.

 “It is the time to favor her;
    the appointed time has come.”
Psalm 102:13 ESV

The word “time” referenced in Ecclesiastes and also in the verse above comes from the Hebrew word, eth.

It is translated to mean “the most gratuitous moment for an event, an experience, or an opportunity to happen or occur.”

In other words, you could say, “to everything there is a season and the most fortuitous moment for your purpose to occur under heaven.”

Your purpose has a time frame for its expression.

Every day you must wake up and pray, “Lord, teach me to number my days that I might apply my heart to wisdom” (see Psalm 90:12).

What is wisdom?

Wisdom is the application of information and revelation and knowledge—the application of what you know and what you learn. You must also know when to apply what revelation. 

It avails nothing to gain revelation you don’t effectively apply. 

There are three types of people who live in this world:

1. People who watch things happen.

2. People who ask, “What happened?”

3. People who make things happen.

You want to be the kind of person who makes things happen—however, it’s not just about making things happen, it is about making things happen at the right time.

Because when the time is right, your success is guaranteed. 

You must discern when the time is right to make the most of every opportunity.

There is the most fortuitous moment for an event, experience, or opportunity to happen.

Join me in Atlanta December 7-8 to learn how you can make things happen for your greatest good—and for the good of those you love—by properly discerning the times.

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“Call to Me, and I will answer you. And I will show you great and wonderful things.”
Jeremiah 33:3 NLV

I am so excited about this new season unfolding before us!

Those who are willing to press into God and hear His voice will be shown “great and wonderful things.”

This is the year of the visionary!

You will not want to miss this year’s End Your Year Strong Empowerment Summit December 7-8 in Atlanta, GA.

My heart is bursting with all God is showing me as we prepare for the year ahead.

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I have been traveling the country speaking to audiences about the transformational power of vision.

I have witnessed first-hand how people from all walks fo life are able to convert potential into power by applying the principles outlined in my new book.

Meet me on the Hello Tomorrow book tour!

If you’ve lost hope, I want to help you dream again—and then I want to help you dream bigger and live larger than you thought possible.

I declare the wait is over!

This is the season things are about to shake loose and begin moving at an accelerated rate.

Your future does not have to be a mystery any more!

Every single day you’re changing the trajectory of your life.

Make decisions based on the prompting of the Holy Spirit who will give you wisdom in all areas so you can live the life you’ve dreamed of.

He will help you make the right decisions so your future looks nothing like your past, but instead everything God had in mind when He said:

“For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for well-being and not for trouble, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NLV

Your future comes to you one day at a time…and it is entirely up to you whether you step into the fullness of it.

As we read in Hebrews it is incumbent upon “each one of you to keep showing the same diligence right up to the end, when your hope will be realized” (Hebrews 6:11 CJB).

What are you hoping for?

What do you want your future to look like?

In John 5:1-15 we read about a pool called Bethesda where there were “a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water” (John 5:3 KJV).

“All of them were waiting.”
John 5:4 NLV

I found it interesting that Jesus approached a lame man that had been there for 38 years and asked him, “Would you like to get well?” (John 5:6 NLT).

He was about to declare to that man, “The wait is over!”

Jesus gave that infirm, indecisive, withered man a divine mandate when He said:

“Rise, take up your bed and walk.”
John 5:8 NKJV

To “rise” means to consciously and deliberately move to a higher plane. In other words, Jesus was saying, “Elevate your thinking!”

Some of you have been stuck in the same place “waiting for a change” when all you need to do is to think for a change! You need to change your mind—to renew, or recalibrate it with a new paradigm.

Leave the clutter of the common behind and elevate your mind!

Your physiology follows your psychology. 

Your physical body and circumstances are going to follow the flow of your mind.

Wherever your mind goes your energy flows; wherever your energy flows, your life goes.

Leave the excuses and alibis behind. Rise up and put feet to your dreams!

Nothing happens unless you make it happen.

How are you going to live the life of your dreams?

You are going to make it happen.

You’re going to stop waiting and you’re going to make some decisions.

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

What one thing can you change that will change everything?

The wait is over.

Decide today how you want your future to unfold.

Make a decision to step into the fullness of your incredible potential by activating the power of a God-inspired vision.

Learn how to craft a compelling vision for your life by getting your copy of Hello Tomorrow now!

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This is your make-it-happen season!