God With You At Work-Final Post

I have great news! I finally finished reading, “God With You At Work,” and I have to say that it was indeed an awesome book.

If you missed the post from last week, you can read it here. The book, “God With You At Work” offered some great insights into how we, as believers, can access all that God has made available to us in our personal and professional lives.

The thing that I loved most about the book is that the author, Andy Mason, emphasized the importance of relationship with God throughout the entire book. He stressed the significance of relationship with God and our ultimate success in life.

On this week, the most important insight that I gained from the book was from Andy Mason’s discussion on “Dreaming with God.” I have to say that I absolutely loved this section of the book and it truly spoke to my passions and the dreams that I have in life.

Andy Mason described the cycle of dreaming with God as consisting of five steps:

1. Intimacy–This step deals directly with your relationship with God. Are you setting aside enough time to talk to God and truly develop an intimate relationship with Him.

2. Ask, Dream, Imagine & Create–I truly loved this step of the entire process. This step encompasses asking God questions about His dreams and desires for your life. What is God’s dream for your business? How does He feel about your business? What does a partnership with God in your business look like? This is the stage where you partner with God and dream with Him and get to know His mind concerning you!

3. Receive–This step is when you receive your inheritance from God. This consists of understanding that all God has for you has been given freely and cannot be earned. You cannot do this until you have confidence in your relationship with God as your Father.

4. Risk- Do It!–The last step may be the hardest step. This is when you step out in faith and truly test your relationship with God. Do you believe that God truly wants you to be successful. The dreams that God gives you will definitely be bigger than what you can handle on your own. God-sized dreams require more resources than what we have readily available. Take what you have and start where you are and watch God multiply your resources!

If you have not read this book, I would truly recommend it. I was blessed by reading it, and I will be reading some of His other books, Dream Culture and Dream Journey!

I pray that you have been blessed by what I have shared. Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestion and feedback.

Blessings and Divine Favor

Is God With You at Work?

So, another thing that I love to do is read…when I get the time, that is! I don’t read nearly as much as I used to years ago. However, I know that any good writer is also an avid reader. So, it is my hopes that I can inspire you as I am inspired by the things that I read.

In looking for a good book to read next, I stumbled upon Sandi Krakowski’s Top Book Reading List for a Powerful Life and Business.

I have to say that since I have gotten serious about blogging and writing, I have been following Sandi Krawkowski and she is absolutely amazing. First and foremost, she is a woman of God with a beautiful spirit. Secondly, she has a wealth of knowledge that she shares openly and freely and that is something you don’t find a lot of in this day and time.

With that being said, I chose one of the books off of her list to start with. The book is entitled, God With You At Work by Andy Mason.

I just started reading the book on last week, and I have really been encouraged. The one thing that I love about the book already is that the author, Andy Mason, stresses the importance of relationship with God. Everything in our lives, including our success in our personal and professional lives, stems from the breadth and depth of our relationship with our Father.

The author does a great job of utilizing personal testimonies to drive home the faithfulness of God. There is nothing that we cannot achieve in our lives if we can first believe God. God is ready, willing and able to open doors in our lives that no man can close if we are able to tap into the revelation of who God truly is and who we are in Him.

If you are a writer, you know how important it is to maintain a constant flow of inspiration so that you have what you need to inspire others. I am glad to say that this book is doing just that for me. It is really doing a great job of imparting inspiration, encouragement and revelation and that is what I look for in anything that I listen to or read.

I will be posting updates on this book every Thursday until I complete the book and then I will be moving on to another book in Sandi’s list until I have completed them all. I encourage you to join me on this journey to creating a better life and business.

Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestions and feedback. If you have read the book, I would love to hear how the book has touched your life. If you are in the process of reading the book, please join the discussion.

Blessings!

Do You Mind Waiting on God?

Have you ever heard the saying, “Patience is a virtue?”

I would agree. I believe patience is next to godliness. I’m sure you wonder why I say that.

First, let me admit that I have a BIG problem with patience. In all honesty, I am not patient at all. I am almost led to believe that it is the thorn in my side that I keep asking God to remove, but it seems to remain!

With that being said, I don’t know a Christian that has not battled with impatience at some point in their lives. I just believe that by nature, people have a measure of impatience. The culture of our society does not make things any better. We live in a microwave, “I want it know”-type society. We want everything fast, and we want it served exactly the way we like it. Everytime!

Now this is where we run into problems with God…

God is not a “have it your way” type of God. In the book of Isaiah 55:8-9, God informs us that:

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
    “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
⁹For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so my ways are higher than your ways
    and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

It looks to me as if God already knew from the beginning of time that man would have some problems. Not only would we have problems, but we would experience major difficulties in conforming to the ways of God.

Wrapping our mind around the way that God thinks is a monumental task in and of itself. God told us in Philippians 2:5:

You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Say what? And what does having the same attitude as Christ had mean for us as believers? If you go on to read the rest of Philippians 2 you gain an understanding that having the attitude of Christ refers to “obedience.” Another much dreaded word.

All in all, having patience reflects an attitude of giving over to the divine will and plan of God for your life. It means recognizing and acknowledging that God knows whats best for you. You may feel as if certain things will never happen or that you are behind schedule concerning some areas of your life. But guess what? God already knew where you would be at this point in your life and He has already made provision for you! Now, that’s good news!

Listen to what the word of God says concerning God’s view of time in 2 Peter 3:8-9

⁸But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. ⁹The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.

Did you just read what I read? Yet another twist in this mystery! According to this passage of scripture, God’s delay has absolutely nothing to do with Him. It has everything to do with US! When you have a revelation of this scripture, you experience God’s love for His people.

Now this changes everything. It changes our entire attitude about having to wait on God. In actuality, we are not waiting on God, He is waiting on US! Isn’t that something?

God wants to give us time to get things together in our lives so that we can enjoy the fruit of our blessings. If God were to give us certain things now, the truth of the matter is that we may end up losing them just as quick as He released them into our lives.

I don’t know about you, but I want fruit that remains in my life. I don’t want a TEMPORARY blessing! I want all that God has for me and I want to be able to enjoy it for all ETERNITY.

The God that we serve is an eternal God and the way that He views things is from an eternal perspective. If God has you in a “holding” position, I encourage you to seek God. Seek Him for the “why” behind your current situation. Why has God not released what you have been asking Him for? Could it be that He is waiting on you?

Please leave your comments and your feedback. Have you ever had to “wait” on God? What did you do while in your “holding” position?

A Cry For Our Children

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A Cry For Our Children

~Inspired by the tragic death of Micheal Brown

~Dedicated to every young person whose life was tragically cut short by violence and every parent who has lost a child to violence