Motives are what makes us do what we do.

According to dictionary.com the word motive means:

“Something that causes a person to act in a certain way; do a certain thing; an inner drive, impulse or intention that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way.”

Motivation to a Christian is like gas in the tank of your car.  It gives you what’s desired or necessary to be a success in your Christian life.

Motivation unfortunately is not a class you take in school.

Motivation can’t be inherited.  It’s not hereditary.  It can’t be passed from parent to child no matter how hard we try.

Motivation is not circumstantial or environmental. . .it’s an inner working.

It’s also important to point out that motivation can be good or ungodly.

Here are examples of seven Biblical characters and what motivated them to accomplish their God-given goals.

It’s important to understand that when God gives us a vision, a goal or a prophetic Word, it is then up to us to see it through.

The vision, goal or Word is the calling … but it is up to us to follow the process to the end result.

10.  Don’t complain about what you don’t have…use what you do have to create a plan to get from where you are to where you want to be.

  9.  Success will not just happen because you’re a nice person or even because you love the Lord. You must have a plan. Proverbs 16:3

  8.  The devil can stop the flow of God’s abundant provision in your life if he can get you to doubt your ability to break through to wealth.

  7.  Seeking God. . .should never be an occasional or an ‘as needed’ thing. . .He wants us seeking Him on a daily basis.

  6.  If you want to be noticed in the marketplace or anywhere else. . .dress for the job you want, not the one you’ve got now.

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  5.  God promises that when we are givers, our gifts will increase and multiply. Proverbs 17:8

  4.  Never lose sight of your destiny.

  3.  If your friends are comfortable in their comfort zone…they’re not going to want you to move out of yours.

  2.  If you’ve been forgiven…you’re just that…forgiven…so leave the past behind.

 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

1. The seed for every financial breakthrough begins in your mind.

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Are you feeling pressure in your everyday life?  On the job. . .in your finances. . .at home either in your role as a spouse or a parent?

You want to get ahead but sometimes the pressure is almost overbearing.

Peter Marshal, a former Chaplain of the United States Senate, once told the Lord:

“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”

Perhaps, we need to catch a visual of ourselves becoming like the Hope diamond. . .the most famous of all precious stones.

There seems to be four main causes of pressure. . .whether generated externally or internally.

First, we get overloaded with more to do than the hours of the day will allow us to complete.

Second, we allow our emotions to create worry, anxiety and frustration. . .which drains us emotionally and physically as well.

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

  9.  If the Word says nothing is impossible to you. . .and you say something isn’t possible. . .you’re exalting what you think above the Word of God. That makes you double-minded.

  8.  Your birth is evidence that God has a plan for your life. Question…are you walking in that plan? If not, why not? Jeremiah 29:11.

  7.  Are you open today for God to breathe a fresh idea or thought into your imagination?

  6.  The only way to effectively change our circumstances is for us to personally change how we look at them

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

  5.  A failure to succeed is most often a failure to follow God's instructions.

  4.  God will never allow you to think thoughts you can't overcome.

  3.  Your greatest breakthrough or victory is just a thought or two away.

  2.  You have more influence than you know…and certainly more than the enemy wants you to know. Acts 22:15

 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

1. ..do the things necessary to change your future into the reality you desire.

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Never let them see you sweat.

Do you remember that the Gillette Corporation began using that tagline in their advertisements for the antiperspirants “Dry Idea” back in 1964?

Interestingly enough, the slogan was created by the same man who wrote the Navy’s slogan. . . “It’s not a job, it’s an adventure.”

In case you’ve forgotten or are too young to remember, the “never let them see you sweat” ads featured famous people from various professions.

For me, I never want to see satan, the enemy, Beelzebb or any of the hosts of hell...see me sweat over what the  try to perpetuate in my life.

Instead, I want to make the enemy and his horde from hell SWEAT because I know the Word of God.

Here are seven times you don’t want the enemy to see you sweat.

1.      When you’re disappointed

Here’s the great news. . .regardless of the intensity of the enemy’s attack. . .you will never be put to shame or disappointed.  I realize that’s a bold statement. . . but there are eight verses in the Amplified Bible translation which say exactly that and here are five of them.

10.  Don’t complain about what you don’t have…use what you do have to create a plan to get from where you are to where you want to be.

  9.  Success will not just happen because you’re a nice person or even because you love the Lord. Create a plan based on God’s Word. Proverbs 16:3

  8.  The devil can stop the flow of God’s abundant provision in your life if he can get you to doubt your ability to break through to wealth.

  7.  Seeking God should never be an occasional or an ‘as needed’ thing. . .He wants us seeking Him on a daily basis.

  6.  If you want to be noticed in the marketplace or anywhere else. . .dress for the job you want, not the one you’ve got now.

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

  5.  God promises that when we are givers, our gifts will increase and multiply. Proverbs 17:8

  4.  Never lose sight of your destiny.

  3. If your friends are comfortable in their comfort zone…they’re not going to want you to move out of yours. Find friends you agree with scripturally.

  2.  If you’ve been forgiven…you’re just that…forgiven…so leave the past behind.

 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

1. The seed for every financial breakthrough begins in your mind.

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Think Like The Leader God Wants You To Be

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Do you have “it”?  You should …

Romans 12:8 in the New International Version says:

“If it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”

Everybody should have the gift of encouragement.

“Well, I’m not sure God wanted me to have that gift.”  Then it’s apparent that you’ve never read Hebrews 3:13 in the Amplified Bible:

“But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him].”

We’re to encourage one another. . .HOW OFTEN?. . .EVERY DAY.

So let’s look at what encouragement means.

According to Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary the word encouragement is defined as: