I have heard some of the greatest preachers to ever draw a breath preach 1 Peter 2:24 with insight, passion and unparalleled anointing.

“He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2: 24 AMP

Most teachers focus  on “. . . by whose stripes ye were healed” but as I re-read the scripture, the part “. . . should live unto righteousness” ignited in my spirit.

I look up the word righteousness in the Strong’s Concordance and found that it’s the Greek word dikaiosynē (G1343) which means:

A failure to act. . .is an action that is sure to fail.

We make a decision to fail. . .when we allow fear to prevent us from stepping out of our comfort zone or from taking a step of faith.

Faith destroys fear. . .crushes doubt. . .conquers the unknown. . .inspires others. . .and makes us victorious in all our hands find to do.

If we want to do more than we’ve done. . .be more than we’ve been. . .then we need to take a risk when it lines up with His Word.

God’s Word tells us what to do. . .if we take a risk and fail to succeed.

Proverbs 24:16 in the New Living Translation says:

10.  Lack of opportunity…create it.  Lack of confidence…develop it.  Lack of education…get it.  Lack of success…make it happen.

  9.  God is more interested in where you’re going…than where you’ve been.  Your focus should be front and centered.  Phil 3:13

  8.  Your outlook today will determine your income tomorrow.

  7.  The best way to encourage yourself is to recall all that God has done for you in the past.

  6.  Your time is your life…if you wasted your time…you’ve wasted your life.

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

  5.  Confidence will take you places doubt never will.  Confidence in Him makes you a winner in life…no matter what you’re facing.

  4.  If God wanted you to live a life of poverty and lack…He would not have made you in His image and after His likeness.        

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

  2.  You are not who others say you are…you are who God says you are.  But you will live your life based on who you think you are.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Our response to adversity is directly proportional to the amount of time we spend in the Word.

For sports fans this is an exciting time of the year.  National Football League teams are headed to the Super Bowl...each hoping to win the Championship trophy.

College basketball is in full swing. . .each team with their eye on becoming national champions.

Major league baseball is gearing up for the start of spring training next month with each team dreaming of becoming World Series champions.

Yes, when we think of champions. . .we think of those who win sports titles. . .either as a team or through individual efforts.

It is not easy to become a champion. . .it takes determination. . .practice. . .exercise. . .discipline and, yes. . .commitment to never give up, give in, back up, back down, sit down, quit or walk away until victory is achieved.

Who’s in your inner circle?  Do you have really close friends?

Write down the characteristics which make you consider each a close friend.

How do you decide with whom you will spend time?

Are your social interactions uplifting and character building for everyone involved?

10.  Our focus determines our future.

  9.  No born-again believer should possess a complacent or “settle for” kind of attitude or develop an unwillingness to change.

  8.  Our future is not determined by what others do…but rather what we do.

  7.  "Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man." Dwight L Moody

  6.  Don’t wait for your circumstances to change…create the changes you desire.

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

  5.  Success comes to those who do…and not to those who thought about it and don’t.

  4.  When we see ourselves the way God sees us then we will never live in limitation again.   

  3.  Would you open your door to gangsters, assassins and thieves?  No, then why entertain thoughts that will rob, kill and steal your future?

  2.  Every change in your life begins in your mind.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Get out in front of your battle…Praise God for the victory even before you see it or experience the manifestation.

To accomplish our goals for 2015. . .an average effort is not enough.  An average commitment is not enough.  Average desire is not enough.

A.W. Tozier, the noted theologian, wrote:

“Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.”

Being average is a settled for. . .kind of life.

The average person settles for whatever comes their way. . .by resigning themselves to exist as they are…by refusing to make the effort to move beyond and out of their comfort zone. . .into the kind of life God desires for them.

10.  View every person you meet today as a divine connection or someone to pray for…either way…you win.

  9.  My prayer this morning is for you to attract into your life people with a goal, a dream, a vision and an attitude for success.

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

  7.  It’s time to stop letting other people use your head as a septic tank for trash talk and toxic thoughts. Philippians 4:8

  6.  If you continually overlook the problems you’re facing…you’ll never overcome them.

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

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

  4.  Think of one thing you can do TODAY to improve the quality of your TOMORROW…then do it.           

  3.  If you have a pulse…you have a purpose…find it…live it.

  2.  If you don’t act on a God idea…you will never experience what might have been.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  The best way to jump start 2015 is by praising God for what He did in 2014.  Write down how He blessed you and PRAISE HIM for it.

I got excited thinking about how our first SUNDAY NITE LIVE of the year should be a positive, uplifting and motivating message.

So you can imagine our surprise when we were led to teach the seven things not to do in 2015.

Please understand this is not a negative teaching but rather one that’s instructive providing a clear direction on what the Word says we should and shouldn’t be doing in the New Year. . .or, for that matter. . .any other year.

1.         Bad attitude

"I sent in my prayer request and was specific.  I believed God would stop the wage garnishment for my student loan as I had applied for consolidation.  The company I was making payments to submitted for wage garnishment despite my informing them of consolidation being accepted and payments scheduled to begin early 2015.

"The company had taken 3 payments from my check already.  New Year's Eve I received a letter from my HR department simply stating "we received documentation regarding student loan and garnishment" and to call them.