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When we hear the word "invest", we often think of investing in the stock market, in real
estate, or for retirement. While it's good to invest that way, the truth is, those investments
will eventually fade away. The best inheritance we can leave our children and others
around us is what we invested in them, not what we left for them.
When we're not taking time to share what we know with the next generation, then we are
not being faithful with what God has given us. God expects us to impart to others.
The next generation should not have to start over. They shouldn't have to re-learn what
we've already learned. We should be pouring everything we know into our children, into
a young person, into that co-worker in the office.
We're all leaving a legacy. Let's make sure it's an intentional legacy. The only
investments that are going to last are the investments we make in other people. We didn't
get to where we are on our own. Somebody invested in us. Make it a goal to invest in
someone else. You can leave a mark that cannot be erased. If you will take time to invest
in people; mentoring, teaching, training and modeling, then those seeds that you sow will
be multiplied back to you.
Being anointed means that you are fully equipped for everything God has called you to.
God has already lined up the right people to come across your path. Hes already lined up
the right breaks. You have everything you need to live a victorious life. You were created
to excel! You have seeds of greatness on the inside of you. You may not have seen it in
the past but if you'll stay in faith its just a matter of time. Its on its way. Don't settle
where you are. Don't have weak, defeated mentality. No, put your shoulders back. Have
the attitude, I am anointed. I can accomplish my dreams. I can overcome any obstacle.
Ive been equipped and empowered by the Creator of the universe! I am fully equipped to
live the abundant life God as in store!
On the inside of you right now, there are dreams and desires put there by the Creator of
the universe. Don’t let the pressures of life push those dreams down. Stir up those
dreams. Stir up those gifts. Shake off every disappointment and press forward. This is a
new day. Get a new vision. Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way,
you’re going to keep pressing forward. You’re going to keep growing. You’re going to
keep learning. You’re going to stay active. If you will stay passionate about life, knowing
what your purpose is and being your best every day, God will pour out His blessings and
favor on you, and you will live the life of victory He has in store!
It’s tempting to think, “I’ll never rise any higher. I’m limited to the system that I’m in.”
But you have to remember, God likes to go outside the system! He likes to do unusual,
extraordinary things. You may have a dream in your heart that’s bigger than your
finances. It’s bigger than your education, bigger than anything that your family has ever
done. And it’s easy to think, “Well, I don’t have the expertise. I don’t have the
connections. I don’t have the right people behind me.”
It may be bigger than your system but be encouraged today. You may not have the right
connections but you have God—you and God are a majority! Your dream is not
dependent on other people. God loves to take ordinary people and use them to do
extraordinary things. You have not seen your best days yet. No matter where you are in
life, no matter what environment you’re in, no matter how impossible your dreams may
seem. You need to know God already has a plan. He already has a way. If you will stay in
faith God will go outside the system and take you places that you never thought possible!
He’ll take you way beyond your system and you live the life of victory He has in store!
Have The Right Image on the Inside
Did you know that how you see yourself determines what kind of life you going to live?
Too many people go around with low self-esteem and a poor self-image. Society has a
way of conditioning people to lose through failures, rejection, and past mistakes. Don’t
let society distort the true image of who you really are, you were born to win! You were
created for more than just average. You were created for more than just barely getting by.
God created you in His own image! You have the blood of a champion on the inside!
You didn’t come from ordinary stock. You came from the best of the best. God breathed
His life into you and you have His royal blood flowing through your veins. He has
equipped you with everything you need to succeed. You can overcome any obstacle and
accomplish every goal in your heart because you have the DNA of Almighty God!
No matter where you are, no matter what you’ve done, nothing can change your DNA. If
you’ll develop the right image on the inside and see yourself as a champion, God says
you will become what you believe and you will live the life of victory He has in store for
you!
Embracing Change
One thing is certain, change is inevitable. People change, jobs change, styles change, and
seasons change. Change is part of God’s plan for us, but so many people resist change
and try to hold on to the familiar. But God brings change in order to keep us from getting
stuck in a rut. Change causes us to stretch and grow; it causes us to use our faith and tap
into the potential on the inside of us.
Sometimes the very things we fight against, the very things we think are trying to pull us
down are actually part of God’s plan to launch us into a new season. Sometimes God stirs
us out of comfortable situations and puts us in situations in order to stretch us and cause
us to use our faith. We may not like it, and it may be uncomfortable, but God loves us too
much to just leave us alone! We have to stay open for change. Don’t approach change
from a negative point of view or automatically assume it’s going to be bad. You may not
like the change, but God would not allow it if He didn’t have a purpose for it. If you’ll
learn to not only accept change but to embrace it, God promises He will do a new thing in
your life, and His “new” is always much better than the old! You may have had great
victories in your past, but your greatest victories are still ahead of you. God wants to take
you higher and higher so you can live the life of victory He has in store for you!
Have you allowed strongholds to convince you that this is as good as it gets and you’re
never going to go any further? Quit listening to those lies that are telling you you’ve
reached your limits. There is still time for you to fulfill your destiny and leave your mark.
You wouldn’t be here today if God didn’t have something else for you to accomplish.
You have an assignment, you have someone to impact, you have a new mountain to
climb…you are a person of destiny. You were created to make a difference!
If you’ll learn to get rid of these wrong mindsets and start thinking thoughts of
possibility, positive thoughts of faith, then your life is going to follow your thoughts.
That’s when God is going to pour out His blessings and favor on you. You’re going to
overcome every obstacle and defeat every enemy, and you’re going to see every dream,
and every desire God has put in your heart, come to pass!
The reason many people have lost their enthusiasm and excitement for each day is
because they are underexposed. They won’t try anything new. They won’t go anywhere
different. There’s no freshness to their life.
But when you get outside of your community, when you get outside your culture you
open the door for God to reveal Himself to you in a fresh, new way. When you get
around people that are not just like you: people that don’t have your sense of humor,
people that have different interests, people that grew up in another environment, people
that don’t have your same skin color, it makes your life broader.
New experiences make your life richer, fuller, and more enjoyable. When you open
yourself to new things, you open the door for God to bring you new opportunities, and
you open yourself to enjoy the full life the Lord has prepared for you.
So many people fall into "destination disease" where they think they have arrived just
because they reached a certain goal. They think that since they accomplished something,
or got their degree, or a certain position, that they can just kick back and coast on what
they’ve already learned. But, in order to continue advancing in life, we have to take
responsibility for our own growth.
We have to have the attitude, “How can I improve. What can I do to make myself
better?” We have to stir up that desire to learn. We should have a goal to grow and learn
something new everyday. It can be as simple as, “I’m going to get up every morning and
spend the first twenty minutes meditating on God’s Word and thanking Him for what
He’s done.” “I’m going to listen to a teaching CD on the way to work.” “At night, I’m
going to turn the TV off a little bit earlier and read a book for twenty minutes.” “I’m
gong to hook up with my mentor twice a month and go out to lunch.” “I’m going to be at
church every weekend.” That’s a growth plan.
As you take responsibility for your personal growth, God will honor your efforts. He’ll
give you the right breaks. He’ll give you the right opportunities and He’ll help you rise
higher and higher. As you continue to grow, you’ll see every dream and desire God has
put in your heart, come to pass!
The Voice of Victory is found in God’s Word. It says, You are blessed. You are
prosperous, You can do all things, Your best days are still ahead. Despite the many
voices you hear today, the key is to keep the negative voices from getting deposited into
your spirit. The scripture says in Philippians 4:8 to Think on things that are pure, things
that are wholesome, things that are of a good report. Friends, when you latch on to the
Voice of Victory and let these faith-filled thoughts take deep root in your hearts, your
faith will produce a positive harvest, and you will live that victorious life!
Thriving, not Surviving
You're not a survivor. You are more than a conqueror.
It's easy to get into a survival mode. When times get tough and things aren't going our
way, it's tempting to just settle where we are, not believe for increase and not believe to
go any further. It's tempting to think, "If I can just hold on. If I can just make it through
another year." If we're not careful, we'll develop a survival mentality to where we're not
releasing our faith. We're not believing to rise any higher. We're just hoping to maintain.
We'd be satisfied if we could just break even. But we're not supposed to break even.
We're supposed to break through to a new level, to more of God's favor, increase and
promotion.
God says in the book of Jeremiah that if we'll keep the Lord as our trust and confidence,
God will prosper us even in the desert. He'll prosper us even in difficult times. That
means when others are going under God says you'll go over!
God can prosper us even in the desert if we'll just be bold enough to believe. You were
created to thrive in life! Won't you believe that for your life today?
By praising God at all times, what happens in the natural with rain, will be the same
spiritually over your lives; a cloud can only hold so much condensation, so many vapors,
before it releases. In the same way, when you keep sending up praise, you keep singing,
"God is good all the time," that cloud can only hold so much before the blessings come
bursting back down. When you stay full of praise, God's blessing will begin raining
down, making sure that you are always in blossom; causing you to bloom where you're
currently planted, even if you're in a dry spell!
Many people miss out on God's best because they are distracted by battles that really
don't matter; trying to prove themselves to people, trying to be right all of the time,
fighting about small insignificant matters with your spouse and children. Engaging in
these battles do not do any good, rather they stir up dissension and cause strife which will
rob you and the people around you of peace. The Bible says in Proverbs 20:3, "Avoiding
a fight is a mark of honor." We're not supposed to be in fight mode all the time. When we
learn the difference between which battles to fight, and learn to practice self control, we
will have strength for when we really need to fight the battle that matters; the battle
standing between you and your God given destiny. You'll have enough strength and
discernment, and you will find yourself blessed, ready and assured; ready for all that God
has for you to be!
As faith-filled believers, we must keep hoping, keep believing and staying faithful. Many
times, we are closer than we think to victory. God is faithful to His promises. When God
says we will be richly rewarded for keeping our confidence in Him, that should give us a
second wind, giving us fuel to keep up the faith. Don't give up today on your dreams and
your hope in God. By developing the attitude, "I've come too far to stop now" and
learning how to be full of hope, expecting God's favor daily, you'll see God begin to do
amazing things, even in the midst of trying times! You are closer than you think to
victory. Dare to hope in God and His promises. You will not be disappointed!
The Scripture says in Deuteronomy 28, "If we will keep God first place, if we will walk
in His ways, all these blessings will overtake us." That means you won't be able to outrun
the good things of God. One translation of the word "overtake" means "to catch by
surprise." Our Heavenly Father wants to be good to us. He wants to amaze us with His
goodness. We should get up every morning with the attitude, "I can't wait to see what
God is going to do!" And you may have had some victories in the past, but you haven't
seen anything yet; God is about to super size your dreams and surprise you by
accomplishing more than you can ask or think.
Your Ancestral Blessings are Coming Your Way
There have been many people in the past who failed to walk in all God had for them.
Don't miss all that God has for you. God has many opportunities and blessings for you.
Just be bold, step out and accept all that He has.
There have been family members in your past that failed to walk in all God had for them.
There was potential, favor and opportunities ready, yet never experienced simply because
of one thing: they didn't step out. Today, you can break the former mindsets that have
been passed down to you and release ancestral blessings in your life in return. God wants
to make you a thousand times greater than what you are. He wants to pour over your life
ancestral blessings. That's all the blessings, dreams, potential and favor that are stored up
in your family line. There are things that have been stolen from your family because
relatives failed to walk in what belonged to them. They are all stored up waiting to be
released on those who will rise up and believe for God to return to them what belongs to
their family.
Step out today into all God has for you. Dare to believe that you can have all that God has
for you and leave a legacy for your family to follow.