Author Rich Brott notes that ¿faith¿ is a choice, an act of the human will. It is a deliberate choice to place confidence in God and His Word. Unbelief is a sin because it is a deliberate choice to withhold confidence in God and His Word. Faith is a receiving of the truth, an embracing of the truth, and a commitment to the God of truth! And commitment always produces action. That is why faith without works is dead. With no action there is no commitment. With no commitment there is no faith! In this book, you will find 25 faith-building principles that will enlarge your capacity to receive the very best that God has to offer you.
God is interested in our willingness to manage and administrate all that He has given to us. Nothing will be thrown into our laps. Financial prosperity is not an unconditional providential blessing; conditions are attached. We are to take action and be proactive. The abilities and giftings God provides motivate us to action. Sometimes it takes our persistence in doing the same things faithfully with the heart of a servant. Other times it is time to try new things, new methods, and seek new opportunities. Sometimes the steady plodding brings the success of the blessed life. Many people, deep in debt and lacking in self-discipline in their spending and contentment level, complain that their employers don't pay them enough, their taxes are much too high, their business costs have skyrocketed, or render some other excuse why they cannot plan for their financial future. Of course, some of these excuses may have a certain amount of legitimacy to them, but they don't excuse a person from the responsibility of making sure that they are not wasting any of the resources God has allowed to come through their hands. The problem is rarely a lack of money; it is a lack of money management. Money management simply means self-management. This book will help the reader to re-align their financial attitude so that can begin to fulfill their potential financial altitude.
Economic entrepreneurship has a history of success in every area of the world. It has sustained families, cities and nations as it has created employment opportunities and economic growth. Your success in business will be determined by your commitment to gain, learn, understand, and implement knowledge, experience, ability, opportunity, capital, commitment and do it all with great business passion. Success is a planned event and rarely happens without great personal effort. Maximizing your business success means that you are effective, productive and efficient. Never give up! In other words, trying and failing is a risk one must bear in order to be able to succeed. Success is in turning failure into an opportunity. Failure is not your enemy. Successful people see failure as a seed; the seed of success.
Author Rich Brott notes six themes that are mutually dependent upon each other, each of which represent a necessary requirement for a successful business. They are, Knowledge, Experience, Ability, Opportunity, Capital, and Commitment. When it comes to business failures, the stats are not pretty. Within the first year of operation, over 50% of businesses fail. Extend the time period to five years, and the statistics become even worse. In that time period over 95% of all businesses fail. From the beginning, business is risky and chances of success poor. But you can significantly improve your chances of success with good insight, preparation and planning. The author notes that in this book he wants to help you in the area of establishing your business and will do so by leading you step-by-step through these critical areas.
Business focus is an integral part of your ability to advance and build your business into something beyond mediocrity. Staying focused on your vision and purpose is very key. Nothing significant is ever achieved without focus. If it's worth getting, it must be the focus of your attention at all times. Focus begins with a sense of purpose, mission and vision. This is your sense of direction, your road map, your life track for the business. It's where you are headed. A growing company does not continue without great business productivity, timely follow-through and effective leadership. Advancing a Successful Business is not automatic and will not happen without a steady hand at the helm backed by a great team who stays alert and motivated.
SPEAKING LIFE INTO YOUR I AM, is a book about tapping into the wisdom of Proverbs 18:21 by learning how to use your words to speak life into yourself. SPEAKING LIFE INTO YOUR I AM, is a book about affirming your worth and building the kind of self-esteem that emanates from within and that will carry you through the changing seasons of your life. SPEAKING LIFE INTO YOUR I AM, provides 25 Bible-based affirmations to help you breakthrough self-defeating limitations so that you can embrace your most authentic, actualized and resilient self. SPEAKING LIFE INTO YOUR I AM, is about following Jesus's example of affirming your identity. When Jesus said, "I am the light of the world," he was defining himself and affirming his identity. Jesus was essentially saying: I know who I am! Throughout the Bible, Jesus says, "I AM" and then defines for himself who He is. Jesus describes himself as the way, the truth, the light, the resurrection, and the life. Over and over in the Bible, we see Jesus affirming His identity, starting with the words ...I Am. Jesus knew who he was and he modeled an important Kingdom principle for us all: The importance of... SPEAKING LIFE, into your "self." It's vital to the wellbeing of your soul and your spirit to break free of the notion that you need man's approval and acceptance in order to affirm your worth and speak life into your authentic identity as a child of God. In fact, relying on the approval of others for your self-worth, is a mental stronghold that robs you of your personal power. Here's why: As human beings we were all made in the image and likeness of God. This alone gives every human being inherent worth and value, apart from anything that we could ever do, accomplish or achieve. But each of us has to come to this realization for ourselves so that we learn to speak life into our own lives.There's no question that in today's media-saturated society even the most confident of people can be made to feel like they don't measure up or like they have to pretend to be someone other than who they are authentically in order to be worthy of love and valued as a human being. And unless we develop a more Christ-like view of ourselves, we can end up spending our entire lives feeling like we are deficient. And this is no way to live, because your confidence and your self-esteem matters to God!The question of your identity is a question worth exploring, because when you have a healthy perspective of your worth and value, then no one will ever be able to run up in your life and make you believe that you are inadequate in any way or unworthy of love. Regardless of what anyone has ever said to you or done to you or what you've been conditioned to believe; the deeper reality of your identity is this: YOU were created to reflect God's glory, love, power, and light! You were created to SHOW UP for LIFE from your place of Power, Love and Resilience. You are already complete. You are lacking in NO THING! You have ideas worth sharing, talents worth multiplying, goals worth reaching for and dreams worth pursuing. But it all starts with knowing who you are. This book will help you understand who you are in God. SPEAKING LIFE INTO YOUR I AM, provides you with bible-based affirmations that you can read over and over again and say as often as you need to; so that you can release the power of God's word into your thought life and inscribe it in your heart. Use this book to speak life into yourself and to positively affirm your identity as one who was created in the image and likeness of God. As you allow GOD to sit with you in prayer and recharge your spirit with His life-affirming Word, trust and believe that your life will be transformed. Let this book serve as reminder of how awesome You already are and what an awesome God you serve.
In this important study Hays argues against the mainstream that any attempt to account for the nature and method of Paul's theological language must first reckon with the centrality of narrative elements in his thought. Through an in-depth investigation of Galatians 3:1-4:11, Hays shows that the framework of Paul's thought is neither a system of doctrines nor his personal religious experience but the "sacred story" of Jesus Christ.
For many believers, the mystery of the Holy Spirit remains just that. God in You, now in popular trade paperback format, is the layperson's guide to this often-misunderstood member of the Trinity. Pastor David Jeremiah explores the Holy Spirit in concrete terms, leaving abstract concepts behind. Not an idea, not an influence, not some vague, mystical force, Jeremiah explains, the Holy Spirit is actually the almighty God of the universe come to live inside the believer's skin. And a clear understanding and appreciation of His attributes can ignite the passion of every Christian's walk with Christ. In this compelling, gently instructive book Jeremiah affirms, "Without [the Spirit], we're about as useful to God's kingdom as an unplugged toaster."
