10 Spending Triggers

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Things to Know

Any advertising company will tell you it’s not so much the product they sell as what “they say” the product will bring the buyer.

Have you ever noticed that the sleek new car ad is not about the car as much as the look of envy on your neighbor’s face? It isn’t so much about the clothing as the heads that turn toward you when you wear it.

Make no mistake about, companies spend millions and many billions of dollars in marketing research to determine what pushes your “buy it now” button. These people can read you easier than an old ten cent novel.

Spending your money on most of the things listed below isn’t necessarily wrong unless you are spending money you don’t have or basing your purchase on false hopes.

Top 10 - Prisoner of the Past

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10.  When you give God your time...you prove to Him that He is more valuable to you than anything else.

  9.  The joy of the Lord gives us the ability to look beyond today’s circumstances to a better tomorrow…based on His promises.

  8.  If you’re a high value target of the enemy…it means he knows you’re valuable to and for the Kingdom of God.

  7.  Don’t go inviting trouble into your life by the words you speak. Job 3:25

  6.  From the moment we open our eyes in the morning we need to begin expecting a supernatural move of God in our lives that day.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  Any problem God allows you to see…He will enlighten and empower you to solve.

  4.  Our lives would be so much richer if we listened more to what God has to say and less about what others have to say.

  3.  Never ever get discouraged when you don’t see the immediate manifestation of God’s promises to you.  Joshua 21:45

  2.  I'm really happy today...because I know God makes the seemingly impossible . . . possible for us. Can you say Hallelujah?  Luke 1:37

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1. You are not destined to be a prisoner of your past. Hebrews 8:12

Top 10 - Listen To The Holy Spirit ... NOT Your Feelings

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10.  Today…take what God says in His Word and imagine it manifesting in your life.

  9.  If we focus on our hurts of the past we're stealing from our future.

  8.  If you feel mentally drained...remember, you have unlimited access to the greatest energy drink of all time...the Holy Spirit.

  7.  Our miracle doesn't take place at manifestation it happens when we believe the promises of God no matter what we're facing.

  6.  God does not change His mind…there is no expiration date on His promises.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the Week.

  5.  If we begin our days. . .with supernatural expectations. . .we'll never be disappointed.

  4.  The primary difference between a winner and a loser is the decision to be a winner.

  3.  God is more interested in where you’re going…than where you’ve been. Phil 3:13

  2.  God will prosper what we do. . .not what we think about or talk about. . .but what we do.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Never be led by your feelings or what others think…always follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Top 10 - Never Say Anything You Don't Want God To Hear

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10.  Our birth is the evidence that God has plans for our lives. Jeremiah 29:11

  9.  “You don’t know my negative circumstances.” First, don’t own them. Second, God is bigger than they are. Third, give God your problems and leave them there. I Peter 5:7

  8.  Your current economic conditions have nothing to do with your potential for fulfilling your divine destiny…but God does.

  7.  It's a good idea to forgive everybody in your past...just in case...you need forgiveness in the future.

  6.  Never allow what other people think or say about you change your thoughts about your ability to achieve your dreams and goals.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  God has a bright future planned for you. . .don’t miss it by living in the past and refusing to change for the future.

  4.  Confess this: "I can do more than I think I can because I have the mind of Christ functioning fully and freely within me."

  3. "God wants us to be movers and shakers not doubters and fakers." Bev Herring

  2.  Moving out of your comfort zone into the new thing God has planned for you will take persistence to overcome any resistance.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1. Never say anything you don't want God to hear or satan to act on.

Top 10 - Why I Don't Care What People Think About Me

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10.  When God gives you a vision it's not for you as you are but as He knows you can be. You need to see yourself the way He sees you.

  9.  If the enemy of your health ever tells you God heals some people and not others…it’s a lie. God is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:34

  8.  The devil wants us living in the past because he's afraid we'll do something significant with our future.

  7.  If you have God…you lack nothing. If you don’t have God…you lack everything.

  6.  Doubters talk about the mountains they’re facing while believers talk to the mountains they’re going to move. Be a mover not a talker.  Mark 11:24

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  What people say about you doesn't define who you are BUT what the Word of God says. . .does. Embrace it!

  4.  "I used to care what people thought about me. . .until the day I tried to pay my bills with their opinions." Anonymous

  3.  When you increase what you know…there’s no limit to where you can go.

  2.  We must stop allowing the enemy to use our past to steal from our future.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Why share your problems with someone who hasn’t solved their own.

Top 10 - A Step of Faith Requires ...

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10. A step of faith requires us to look beyond our circumstances.

  9. If you have God…you lack nothing. If you don’t have God…you lack everything.  

  8.  Never be moved by your circumstances or the opinions of others...base your decisions on the Word of God and nothing else.

  7.  Never let what you can’t do…keep you from doing what you can do…today.

  6.  Seek the wisdom of God because it allows you to see everything from His perspective.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  The biggest mistake we could ever make is to look to others for the answers we seek...instead of looking to God first.

  4.  You may be traveling through enemy territory, but God is bringing you into a fresh place where you will LACK FOR NOTHING.

  3.  God is not going to open a door for failure in our lives. We might, but He won’t.

  2.  I'm more interested in the things I can't see than the things I can see.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Up early praying...if you want your name called out before the Lord this morning...say "pray for me." (Posted on Facebook and nearly 300 responded.) Blessed.

Top 10 - Start Finding Solutions

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10.  If you want to show the Lord how much you love Him…then forgive those who have done you wrong. Colossians 3:13 NIV

  9.  When you believe your past determines your future. . .you’re dismissing the power of God to change your life.

  8.  God’s desire is to expand your territory…enlarge your borders…move you from where you are to where He wants you to be.

  7.  Purpose in your heart to think beyond your imagination so you don’t limit God…in what He wants to do in your life...today.

  6.  Where you start in life is not of your choosing…but where you finish is.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  Stop finding fault…find solutions. Anyone can find fault…it takes someone with the mind of Christ to find solutions. Start Now!

  4.  You can say all the right things…but if you’re still doing the wrong things…your life isn’t going to change until you do.

  3. In the world when you give something away, you have less. In God’s economy when you give something away it returns multiplied.

  2.  Fear cannot thrive...where faith is alive.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  If God didn’t want us to be successful…why would He tell us exactly how to become successful in Joshua 1:8?

Top 10 - Open Your Eyes

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10. Begin today filled with expectation about His promises, protection, peace, power, promotion, provision and possibilities.

  9.  The impossible becomes possible only if and when you believe it to be so.

  8.  God is ready for you to experience a new beginning at this very moment. Isaiah 43:19.

  7.  Success comes from doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

  6.  From the moment we open our eyes in the morning we need to begin expecting a supernatural move of God in our lives that day.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  I'm really happy today...because I know that God makes the seemingly impossible . . . possible for us. Can you say Hallelujah?

  4.  If you speak a thing often enough it becomes part of who you are and how you think. Think before you speak.

  3.  Any problem God allows you to see…He will enlighten and empower you to solve.

  2.  Never ever get discouraged when you don’t see the immediate manifestation of God’s promises to you.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  From the moment your eyes open in the morning. . .until they close at night. . .serve the Lord your God with enthusiasm.

Top 10 - The Best Way To Change Your World

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10.  You will never rise above the level of expectation in your thoughts. Proverbs 23:7

  9.  God will prosper what you do...not what you think about doing...what you talk doing or what you don't do. Psalm 1:1-3

  8.  If we focus all our mental energy on what we don’t have instead of what we can have…then we will forever live in shortage and lack.

  7.  If God cares enough about you to save your soul…you can know He's also concerned about your smallest concern or your largest debt.

  6.  The best way to change your world. . .is to change how you think.

Now the Top Five Rich Thoughts Nuggets you liked the most last week.

  5.  Ignorance is not knowing. . .stupidity is knowing but being unwilling to do anything with or about what you know.

  4.  When you say you will never get out of debt...you're empowering your adversary by believing a lie. Your words bring about or stop blessings.

  3.  You may have to wait for your harvest. . .but God said it will come. Wait for it. Wait for it. It’s here!

  2.  The enemy cannot read your mind. . .but you can accelerate and intensify his attacks by the words that you choose to speak.

And now. . .drum roll. . .the Number One Rich Thought Nugget of the week is:

  1.  "You have to serve an anointing before you qualify for it." Dr. Mike Murdock

Top 10 - Don't Go Into Debt

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10. The enemy of your destiny hates you...because you are a threat to all that's unholy and wrong with this world.

9. Fully realize today...that God chose you to be a giant slayer and a Kingdom Builder. Embrace your destiny.

8. Signs follow the believer. . .they do not lead the believer.

7. Today, we can follow God’s Word and reap the benefits, or we can ignore God’s instructions and suffer the consequences.

6. Don't have friends? Neither did David. Facing your giants all alone? So did David. BUT you have what he had. God on your side.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

5. God uses the under-valued, unappreciated, unrecognized and the seemingly insignificant like David. Seize their mantle as a giant killer.

4. Never allow your circumstances to cloud your thinking; destroy your dreams or make you settle for less than His best.

3. You can’t control what other people say, think or do. . .but you are in complete control of your own mind, mouth and destiny.

2. Jesus didn't leave heaven so we could be depressed, defeated, discouraged, despondent or living in lack. He did not!

And the # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

1. Don't go into debt for things that you won’t be able to pay off before Jesus returns. Use wisdom and a budget.

Top 10 - God Is More Trustworthy

Written by Harold Herring. Posted in Top 10's

10. Today…speak to where you want to be…not where you’re at.

  9.  Begin each new day with supernatural expectations and you’ll never be disappointed.  Jeremiah 29:13 MSG

  8.  Without a vision for 2024…you’re spiritually blind…you’ll never see where you’re going…so how can you get there?  Proverbs 29:18

  7.   When you put your faith and confidence in the Lord…He can remove every impediment and obstacle to your success.

  6.  A successful characteristic of millionaires is they write down their goals.  Keeping your goals in your head just isn’t good enough.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  Advice that has not been tested, proven and successful is just opinion…an experiment…not experience.

  4.  You are drawn to whatever you focus on…and whatever you focus on will be drawn to you.

  3.  You will become what you imagine yourself to be…so be careful about what you imagine.

  2.  When you have a vision…it’s personal…something that’s God ordained and visualized to be a part of your life and destiny.

And the # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Never value the advice of your banker or financial planner more than you do the Word of God or your man or woman of God.