On the last Sunday of a year…several years back…I was sitting in the service at The Wisdom Center where my good friend and mentor, Dr. Mike Murdock is the Pastor and Founder.

During the service, Dr. Murdock asked me to share what we should know to make the new year….successful.  I asked the Lord what He would have me say and instantly He gave me six words.

“Quit Looking In The Rearview Mirror.”

Have you ever thought about how you’d like to be recognized?

Genesis 37:19 says:

“And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.”

The dreamer cometh.  I think I like that.

Years ago, my fine wife Bev and I had the pleasure of meeting George Foreman.  As a former heavyweight champion and entrepreneur . . .he is a delightful man.

Foreman once said:

“If you don’t dream you might as well be dead.”

If you don’t have a dream. . .I don’t think you should be dead. . .I just think you need to be taught how to become a dreamer.

If you were to ask any Word of Faith or prosperity minded believer to name their top ten scriptures the list would no doubt include some of the following.

3 John 2                                                        Psalms 35:27

Deuteronomy 8:18                                       John 10:10

1 Timothy 6:17                                              Philippians 4:19

Genesis 12:2-3                                             2 Corinthians 9:8, 10

Luke 6:38                                                      Matthew 6:33

If I were to ask the same group to narrow the list to their top five. . .no doubt Deuteronomy 8:18 would still be in the list.

If you want things to be different in your life. . .the number one thing you need to change is not your job, circumstances, environment, relationships or income. . .it’s YOU.

You must first change your attitude.  Now your attitude can be either good or bad.  That’s why I want to be very specific.

Your attitude is determined by the collection of the dominant thoughts in your mind.  So in determining the proper kind of attitude for change. . .we must look at Philippians 2:5 in the New Living Translation which says:

“You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.”

A few minutes ago, my fine wife Bev and I concluded a Conference Call for Spiritual Entrepreneurs and those who are or will be operating in the end-time Office of the Giver.

Here are the seven life-changing exercises we shared during the call.

As I was reading the Word a few days ago, I saw three words that ignited in my Spirit.

Motivation, Momentum and Manifestation.

My first thought was “3M.”  I smile and thought that would be a great sermon title. . .the kind that would draw the interest of the curious.

However, as I started writing down some notes. . .God brought the words “mindset and mobilization” to my remembrance.  I thought “Okay, I will call the message “5M.”

Smiling. . .but then God stirred the words “meticulous and marketable” in my spirit.

A quick glance at a listing of the highest grossing movies of all times will reveal they’re overwhelmingly from the action genre.

We like action stars who’re willing. . .despite the odds to take on the bad guys no matter how seemingly impossible. . .the challenge may seem.

If you want to go where the spiritual action is. . .you need to step outside your comfort zone.  Here are seven things every action star should know.

It’s time to press the Word of God for direction and deliverance.

For several months, my fine wife Bev keeps mentioning the need to be pressing the word.  After a recent Sunday TLC church. . .our faithful friend, Fred. . .wrote for more information on exactly what is meant by pressing the Word.

Here’s what we wrote Fred.

“Pressing the Word is like taking a scripture and continually applying it to the problem you want to eliminate until you receive the break through.

“What happens to so many Christians is they pray a scripture over a problem... then they leave it alone…then giving up when nothing happens.  I feel the Holy Spirit showed me how to continually put pressure on that scripture to perform...like reapplying pressure to stop the bleeding in a wound... it helps to be forceful... purposed.

The Bible says those who hunger and thirst after righteousness will be filled. (Matthew 5:6).  If you are hungry for the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues, here is how to receive this free gift.

1.         Accept Christ.  Accepting Christ is accepting what you cannot do for yourself by accepting what He did for you at Calvary.  That is where He bore the effects of your sins.  It is a process of letting go.  Accepting Christ is admitting you don’t have what it takes to handle everything in life on your own.  It’s admitting you don’t know it all.  It’s releasing a hold on this temporal life to gain everlasting life.

When God gave me the title and points for this teaching. . .my first reaction was to say. . .REALLY? 

I’m being truthful. . .I’ve taught on each of these seven ways to guarantee financial failure before. . .some more than once.

As I was wondering why. . .God very clearly spoke into my spirit and said, “Teach it until my children get it.”

Immediately He brought Philippians 3:1 in the Amplified Bible to my remembrance.