Time is the currency of your life. . .spend it wisely.

Here is a simple illustration I’ve used several times to prove your time is the currency of your life.

After you work forty hours for your employer, he doesn’t pay you out of the goodness of his heart. He pays you in exchange for the forty hours of your life.

In other words, the amount of money you receive in your paycheck replaces the amount of your life you gave to your employer.

Think of it this way. You don’t purchase an automobile with little slips of paper called “money.” No, you actually buy it with your life – that is, the amount of your life you spend earning the money to pay for your automobile. The same thing is true with your house, your clothing, and everything else you purchase. It all comes through the exchange of your life for money.

This is probably one of the most unusual teachings I’ve ever done.

I’ve done teachings with 23 points but I’ve never taught a lesson where I quoted one verse twenty—three times in different translations.

When I asked God if He was sure about this instruction . . . He said simply:

“I want my children to get it.”

10.  A good dose of the Holy Ghost will keep you transformed instead of conformed to this world and its natural reactions to adversity.

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

  8.  Loving God is not working to please God, but resting in His love and allowing Him to work through us.

  7.  If you messed up…if you need a pick me up…two suggestions.  First, encourage yourself in the Lord and second, laugh.

  6.  Regardless of your circumstances or the balance in your checking account never question or waver from God’s desire for you to prosper.

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

  5. You may have been traveling through enemy territory but God is going to bring you into a place where you will LACK FOR NOTHING.

  4. God’s desire is for us to walk by faith not by what we perceive with our natural abilities or mind.  (2 Corinthians 5:7)      

  3. Your promotion comes from the Lord.  He gives you the power and favor for advancement in everything you do.

  2.  The measure of who we are as a person is determined not only by our actions but also by our reactions to adversity or hostility.

  # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is: 

  1.  If you’re serious about your success…what did you listen to during your commute today?  Did it feed your faith or your flesh?

A few days ago, I was riding to the office with a couple of friends.  We stopped at Bojangles, my fast food restaurant of choice.

As a seed of appreciation for their kindness in providing transportation for the day. . .I indicated I wanted to buy breakfast for them.

One of the two said “No, thank you.”

This dear friend and co-laborer for the Kingdom told me she had breakfast at the office. 

However, I suspect she didn’t want me to spend any money on her as she felt it wasn’t necessary for picking me up on their way to the office.

10.  When you focus on the hurts of the past…you’re stealing time from your future.

  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.  You will never possess what you criticize and condemn.

  7.  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.

  6.  Faith finds a way to enter when it seems all the doors are closed.

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

  5. When you change how you think and what you speak, then you will never have to worry about saying things you shouldn’t.

  4. Just felt led of the Lord to give you a word He wants you to become familiar with.  SURPLUS.  Confess this.  I’m living in SURPLUS.   

  3. God won’t worry us about money…He can’t because it would contradict His Word where He tells us to not worry about anything.

  2.  Wealth has as much to do with obedience to God as it does with math.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  If you’re comfortable where you are…you’ll never discover where you could be.

Hebrews 12:12-13 in the Message Bible says:

“So don't sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet! Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other out. And run for it!”

I started wondering why people sit on their hands and drag their feet….and realized it happens when people make excuses.

Believe me, I’ve heard all of the excuses … and some that would make you laugh if you didn’t know the person speaking the words was serious.

I believe if I set my mind to it…I could come up with some of the greatest excuses in the world.

But the real question is what does the greatest book ever written have to say about excuses.

Ephesians 5:11-16 in the Message Bible:

 “Don't waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are. It's a scandal when people waste their lives on things they must do in the darkness where no one will see. Rip the cover off those frauds and see how attractive they look in the light of Christ.

“Wake up from your sleep, Climb out of your coffins; Christ will show you the light!  So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times!” Ephesians 5:11-16 MSG

The New Living Translation tells us in verse 16 to make the most of every opportunity we get.

10.  You are becoming what you imagine yourself to be.

  9.If you refuse to allow fear or doubt to enter your thought life. . .you’re ready for a miracle. Meditate on 2 Timothy 1:7.

  8.  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"

  7.  If you don’t give up. . .failure is nothing more than the opportunity to learn a new way to do something.

  6.  You have the God-given ability to perform at a level you never previously thought possible.

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

  5. When you mess up. . .if you don't step up. . .you'll never move up. . .instead you'll go down in failure and disappointment.

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

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

  2.  I'm praying for you to think like you've never thought. Do what you've never done...be what you've never been all for His glory.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

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

One of the most remarkable women of faith we’ve ever met. . .frequently says “done and done” when referring to the promises of God being manifested in her life.

Over the past few years, this incredibly anointed businesswoman has been attacked by the hordes of hell. . .but she has not flinched in her faith or wavered in her beliefs.

Any person with lesser faith. . .might have given up. . .but not this woman.

As she prays for breakthroughs. . .for answers. . .for financial deliverance. . .for the blessing flow. . .she will simply text me “done and done.”

The phrase stirs an image of steadfast faith. . .in the midst of seemingly impossible circumstances.  I was so stirred that I felt led to write about done and done.

Over the years, I've heard people say that if you want to be lazy you need to learn to smile as it takes less muscles than to frown.

I can give you seven scriptural reasons why you should smile.

# 1       You’re uglier when you frown.

I have no scriptural basis for this reason. . .just the opinion of someone who has literally met hundreds of thousands of people in his life.