The Zone

Gotta stay in the zone!

The zone is the mind space we need to be in to live out our calling.

The zone is the environment in which our minds will perform at their highest ability.

Staying in the zone is based on three principles-

1. Spiritual connection; Staying connected to God through prayer and reading the word. Total devotion to God. Do this everyday.

2. Exercise the brain muscle; "the brain is like a muscle it expands with use" (Peter Daniels). Read autobiographies, listen to pod casts of preachers and teachers who do great things. Do this everyday.

3. Eat well and stay fit; Eat what you burn not what you retain. Do this everyday.

Watch what happens, if you're in the right environment you will flourish.

life

I have realised there really is a lot I don't know. My opinion is valid to a degree but my knowledge is what counts.

When I say knowledge it is based on what I actually know. The things I actually know are things that I have learnt practically in life. They are the things that will project me into my future.

Knowledge is compounding; As I learn more about life I add that to my knowledge stock pile and it compounds the things I do. The more I learn about life, the more everything gets stream lined and improved. Everything! relationships, work, ministry.

So it is better to commit to learn than try to prove myself. It is better to be a student rather than an expert.

If I learn and apply I will more than likely succeed.

 An idea has no real value until it is achieved. 

There are short cuts to the top

Did you know that the Isrealites didnt have to be wandering around the desert for 40 years. The short cut would have only taken something like 11 days!

Most of the time what we think is a shortcut to success in our lives is just a quick way to rock bottom. 

There are shortcuts in life. 

Integrity, honesty, commitment, hope, faith and love.

The biggest shortcut of them all is plain old listening to God and doing what He says. That will get you to the top of your game faster than an olympic runner on performance enhancing drugs. 

The eve of '09

I'm excited about 2009.

I really believe this year will be a significant year on God's calendar. 

2008 has past. With all it was. 

The beauty of a new year is we can take stock of our lives and look at who we are.   

We can evaluate what it is that defines us. 

We can change what is out of order, re vive old passions, adjust things that need adjusting. 

Don't look back!

Go into 2009 with a gritty determination to be all that God has called you to be. 

a life dream

You have to have a dream, you have to have something you're living for

No matter what opposition you get

No matter what those negative people say

You have to stick to your dream

Those negative people are all wrong

Or are they?

There is a fine line between stupidity and pursuing a dream

An open heart to God is the dream we must pursue.

To be able to obey whatever God says, whether understood or not, just because we trust Him, is the the door to living out our purpose throughout our earthly lives.

Otherwise God just becomes another negative person who stops you from achieving 'what you were born for.'

who we are

I've just been thinking of the importance of who we are through our actions. Not through what we say. I find myself judging  a preacher by his character before I judge his content. Content is important, but its whether or not the person is believable that would cause me to buy in on their knowledge. 

Believability is only found in action. The little things that we think no one takes care to notice. Some how we carry those things like badges on our clothes, for all to see…The only fool being ourselves, to think that the little bad seeds we sow wont turn into massive trees bearing a multiplication of fruit.