10.  Purpose in your heart to do something today about your future. If you don’t…nobody else will.

  9.  Our destiny is determined by choice…not chance.

  8.  Fear cannot thrive…where faith is alive.

  7.  If you woke up this morning…God isn’t through with you yet. Act like you believe it.

  6.  Make friends with nobodies…because everybody is somebody to God.

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

  5.  Never let your faith be determined by your feelings. Your faith should be based on the Word of God…knowing that it’s true.

  4.  You can’t have a negative thought and a positive thought at the same time…your brain doesn’t work that way.

  3.  Never focus on anyone or anything that shouldn't be in your destiny.

  2.  Get out in front of your battle…begin praising God for your victory…even before you see if manifest.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Time doesn’t heal all wounds. . .God does.

When I was in high school. . .I was asked to speak at our local Rotary Club because I was actively involved in politics.

For those who are not familiar with the Rotary Club. . .it’s a service organization like the Lions, the Kiwanis, the Civitans, the Moose, Goose and got loose.  Just kidding about the last two.

Most of these service organizations meet once a week for lunch…hear a speaker and interact with each other.  Before social media…it was a great way to meet leaders in a local community and be involved in local projects.

My visit to the LaGrange, North Carolina Rotary Club was a wonderful experience.  I was given a book which I still have today. . .somewhere in my collection.

The title was I Dare You written by William H. Danforth of the Nestle Purina fortune.  It helped to stir me outside my comfort zone. . .long before I knew what a comfort zone was.

We live in interesting, challenging, sinful times of unparalleled conflict.

I think it’s obvious . . . that the soul of our nation is literally at stake.

Pagan religions are celebrated and esteemed above the Judeo-Christian values that have shaped us as a people and a nation.

Some of the presidential candidates and government officials believe that if you’ve been successful your wealth needs to be redistributed to those who have less and even those who don’t work at all. And, by the way, you don’t get to choose who it’s given to.

Redistribution of wealth is mentioned in the scriptures in Matthew 25 when the money held by the wicked servant was given to the one who had been an effective steward.  But that’s another teaching.

Let’s establish this point. . .our nation is facing a financial and spiritual famine.   In the midst of all the economic uncertainty. . .it’s time to dig a new well.

Your future is better than your past.  No matter how good or bad your past may have been you have the scriptural assurance that your future is brighter.

You’ve got to know the God who is bigger than any problem you face. . .or any adversity of the enemy. . .He isn’t through with you yet.  Not only that. . .BUT GOD has great plans for you.

Two years ago, I read a great book by Pastor Stan Toler entitled “The Buzzards Are Circling But God Is Not Through With Me Yet.”

Remember this!  Enemy attacks against you may have been relentless BUT GOD is not through with you yet.

The enemy can try to take you out. . .but He can’t because, you win.

Breast cancer tried to take me out. . .but it didn’t.  Over the years, other attacks of the enemy have failed. . .and you know what. . .they always will.

10.  Starting tomorrow. . .seize previously unknown opportunities and tap into previously unused potential. It's your season.

  9.  Man’s adversity is always God’s opportunity.

  8.  Let the trials and tragedies of your past become the testimonies of your future.

  7.  Victory may be just around the bend or over the next hill so persist until you cross the finish line.

  6.  If you want to succeed in life…always do more than is required. Titus 3:14 (AMP)

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

  5.  The real measure of our generosity is when we bless someone who has no ability to repay us. Eccl 11:1 MSG

  4.  If you’ve been forgiven…you’re just that…forgiven…so it’s time to get up and leave the past behind.

  3.  Recognize, cultivate and manifest. . .the previously untapped potential in your life.

  2.  Praying this morning for those who need a turnaround to tap into the Word of God…to turn their setbacks into a comeback.

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  1.  Today. . .Valentine's Day. . .Jesus is asking. . ."Will you be mine?"

As I was writing this teaching. . .I had just prayed for nearly a thousand prayer requests.  People facing unknown transitions and often difficult choices.

Are you going through a transition yourself?

Perhaps you're going from one job to another … or from having a job to being unemployed?

Does it seem that you're facing difficult problems without any answer seemingly in sight?

If so, this teaching is for you.

Please don’t miss My Valentine Day of Prayer – this Sunday, February 14^th

I sent the following letter by mail but I can’t take a chance that you might have missed it.  I need your response before Sunday …Valentine’s Day.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING carefully

and … respond immediately!

Do you need God’s IMMEDIATE attention?

As I was praying recently, I felt stirred in my spirit that you and several others need miracle-working power IMMEDIATELY. 

The Lord directed me to get this letter to you as quickly as possible.  It will only take you two or three minutes to read and respond. 

I believe you’ll find this is just the answer you’ve been praying for.  So find a quiet spot and let the truth of the Word ignite your spirit like it did mine.

I keep hearing people say. . .I’m just looking for the right opportunity.

More often than not. . .most people aren’t looking for an opportunity. . .they’re waiting for it to knock on the door and say “here I am.”

It doesn’t work that way.

Thomas Edison, the inventor, once said:

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

Sometimes an opportunity is right before us but we’ve been so blinded by our circumstances that we can’t see the obvious.

God promised Abraham and Sarah a son.  After a number of years, Sarah decided she was going to help God.  So Sarah gave Hagar, her hand maiden, to Abraham and she bore Ishmael, a son.

After that, there was trouble in the tents.  In fact, Sarah asked Abraham to kick Hagar and Ishmael out of the camp.

10.  If you want your dreams to come true. . .ask God to use you to help others make their dreams come true.

  9.  Don’t wait. . .don’t procrastinate. . .activate your dreams.

  8.  What you look at the longest will become the strongest in your life.

  7.  It’s time to stop talking and start doing. James 1:22

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

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

  5.  Starting tomorrow. . .seize previously unknown opportunities and tap into previously unused potential. It's your season.

  4.  Write this down and confess it. God has given me the ability to perform at a level I never previously thought possible.

  3.  If our future is in front of us. . .why are we standing still?

  2.  If one part of the Body is lifted up…the whole Body is lifted up. When we encourage others…we are also lifting ourselves up.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Praying this morning for you to believe, embrace, confess and possess the unlimited possibilities found in the Word of God.