I remember the first time I ever spoke in London there were probably 500 plus people in our Debt Free Army rally.

If you’ve ever heard me speak at one of our seminars you know that I enjoy getting people to laugh while driving home the points about financial freedom.

But on this Saturday morning. . .the audience wasn’t laughing even though my words should have prompted laughter. English audiences are known to be a bit reserved.

There were a few empty reserved seats on the front row so I climbed on top of those chairs and asked how many of those in attendance had ever heard of James Brown, the American soul singer.  Probably, 95% of the room raised their hands while smiling.

So I started singing. . .yes, I started singing “I Feel Good” by James Brown but I changed the lyrics a bit.

“Wo!  I feel good (dun a dun a dun a dun) just like Jesus said I would.

I feel good, (dun a dun a dun a dun) like I knew I would
Jesus  is So good, so good, I got Jesus.  (dun a dun a dun)

What does it take to be successful in whatever your hands find to do?

Some would say. . .an undergraduate or post-graduate education.  Perhaps, but it’s important to note that Bill Gates never graduated from college. . .neither did Michael Dell. . .nor Debbie of Mrs. Fields Cookies. . nor did 1 out of 4 of the wealthiest 500 people in the United States. In addition, we don’t know how many are even pursuing the field they graduated in.

I have a college degree but I can’t say that I use any of my training in what I do. And my fine wife Bev feels the same way. 

Lest you get the wrong idea that we’re down on college . . . that’s not necessarily true.  It has its place if you need specific training to get where you want to go.

In other words, I want my doctor to have gone to medical school but lots of higher degrees isn’t for everyone despite the fact that society pushes everyone to have a degree.

Have you ever wondered. . .God, why do I have to go through this?

Or perhaps, you thought. . .why am I going through the fire?

While I realize that no one wants to go through hard times…

I can tell you with absolute certainty what you will find in the fire.

It’s your miracle.  That’s right.

Your miracle is in the fire.

My favorite Bible story as a child was about the three Hebrews thrown into the fiery furnace.  I loved this story even more than Daniel in the lion’s den.

Before we go any further. . .once again. . .I’m going to make a powerful, life-changing statement that I want you to write down.

 10.  Never allow fear of the unknown steal your peace.

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

  8.  What other people think of you will never determine your worth and value to God.

  7.  If you're in the midst of a demonic firefight....remember...Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego found their miracle in the fire.

  6.  Money is neither good nor bad. . .it’s neutral. It just reflects the mentality of the person who possesses it.

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

  5.  Make up your mind ...that you will no longer stay where you are mentally & spiritually. Become the change you desire.

  4.  God forgives AND forgets; it’s the devil who likes to remind you of your past. Remind him where he's going to spend eternity.       

  3.  God’s best for His children never includes anyone living in the bondage of debt and the agony of lack...especially, you.

  2.  A breakthrough is a sudden burst of faith that will take us beyond all previous points of past resistance.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Going to church will not bring the change you seek but getting the Word of God in your heart will turn things around.

Breakthrough is a word we hear quite a bit in Christian circles.

I checked twelve different translations and found breakthrough only appears in the Message Bible and not in the context of contemporary usage.

According to dictionary.com breakthrough is defined as:

“a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense; an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or restriction; the overcoming of a stalemate.”

The dictionary definition is more in line with how we use the word breakthrough.

Now let me share with you the Herring Life Experiences definition of breakthrough.  It is a:

 10.  Confidence in the Word makes you a winner in life. . .no matter. . .what you're facing.

  9.  Sowing seeds today prepares the way for harvests tomorrow.

  8.  Our words will empower or eliminate the enemy’s ability to wreak havoc in our financial lives.

  7.  Some say talk is cheap...not so. Words have consequences. "We are rewarded or punished for what we say and do.” Pro 12:14 CEV

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

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

  5.  Not seeing ourselves the way God sees us. . .always leads to trouble.

  4.  While others are complaining about a lack of opportunity...create your own.         

  3.  Don't worry about changing other people…change yourself and you'll be amazed at how the people you want to change…have changed.

  2.  We were made in God's image and after His likeness...the question is....why don't we act like it?

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Miracles happen to those who are expecting them.

A seed is a supernatural blessing.

Genesis 1:11 in the Amplified Bible says:

“And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so.”

Every seed carries a specific genetic instruction on what it shall produce.

We don’t have to tell a watermelon seed to produce watermelons because that invisible instruction is hard-coded in each seed.

Everyone knows apple seeds bring forth an apple harvest and peach seeds bring forth a harvest of peaches. Seeds produce a harvest after their own kind.

It has always been this way and it will never change. The seed you plant always determines the kind of harvest you reap.

I cannot stress this point too strongly. It is not the kind of harvest you need that determines the kind of harvest you will receive. It is the kind of seed you plant. Don’t fool yourself.

If you been trying to stay afloat in the storms of life. . .if you need encouragement for the battles you’re in. . .then. . .tonight’s teaching is just for you.

Mark 4:35-40 in the Amplified Bible says:

“35 On that same day [when] evening had come, He said to them, Let us go over to the other side [of the lake].

36 And leaving the throng, they took Him with them, [just] as He was, in the boat [in which He was sitting]. And other boats were with Him.

37 And a furious storm of wind [of hurricane proportions] arose, and the waves kept beating into the boat, so that it was already becoming filled.

38 But He [Himself] was in the stern [of the boat], asleep on the [leather] cushion; and they awoke Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we are perishing?

39 And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Hush now! Be still (muzzled)! And the wind ceased (sank to rest as if exhausted by its beating) and there was [immediately] a great calm (a perfect peacefulness).

40 He said to them, Why are you so timid and fearful? How is it that you have no faith (no firmly relying trust)?”