Years ago, I was praying during a church service at The Wisdom Center in Fort Worth, Texas when the Spirit of the Lord stirred four words in my spirit.  He said:

“Debt Determines Your Environment.”

I knew that was a profound statement. . .with life-changing implications and it was. It later became a book I wrote.

According to dictionary.com the word environment is defined as:

“the aggregate [or the total] of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population.”

Does debt influence you or your surroundings?  Absolutely.

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Don't Doubt And You Won't Do Without

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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?

This is the time of year for Christmas lists…from the youngest family member to the oldest.

As our family members grow in age. . .so do the price of their toys.

Dale Evans, wife of Roger Rogers, my childhood heroes once said:

“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.”

Roy L. Smith, a renowned Methodist writer of Sunday School literature, once said:

“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”

During this season. . .we want to share with you seven things better than the new iPhone, iPad, iPod or any other iToys produced by competing companies.

And just for the record, I’m not talking about the battle of electronics. . .so I’m not referring to Android, Galaxy or Tablet gadgets.

Here’s my list of the seven things better than iPads, iPhones, iPods and iToys.

1.      iThink.

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7 M's To Your Success

We hope you find the recording so enjoyable you will begin to energize and empower yourself every day with Rich Thoughts for Breakfast.

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Make no mistake. . .God created you to be a leader.

You can also know that the enemy has used and is continuing to use some clever tactics to keep you from realizing that YOU ARE A LEADER.  Sadly, many believers allow him to get away with this deadly deception.

You may never have thought of yourself as a leader and truthfully, what you think will hinder what you accomplish. 

The real question is what does God think about you being a leader. . .how does God see you?

Ephesians 2:10 in the New Living Translation says:

“For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

You are God’s masterpiece. . .does that sound like you’re a failure, a has been or a never was.  Not only are you His masterpiece. . .but He has plans for you.

I’m going to make a statement and I want you to get it down inside of you. . .in fact, if you get nothing else from this teaching, get this:

You have much more influence in life than you know.  You are a leader.

Are you married?

Do you have children?

Do you have friends?

Do you have authority over anyone at work?

Do you teach a class at church?

Do you help in the church nursery?

Do you have a pet?

10.  There are times to speak up and times to shut up…discerning the difference will increase the length of your life.  Proverbs 13:3

  9.  Never doubt that God planted a seed of greatness in you. . .after all you were created in His image and after His likeness.

  8.  God wants our best moments in prayer and meditation on His Word…not the dregs or remains of the day.  Put Him first daily.

  7.  True happiness is not based on what you have...where you live or where you work. It's based on realizing who you are in Him.

  6.  One of four things holds us back…old habits…wrong attitudes…lack of passion or stagnant ideas. We can change all four.

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  5.  A person may not have chosen to be born in or live in poverty, but they definitely make a mental decision whether or not to stay there.

  4.  Peace and prosperity allow you to sleep at night without a pill and awaken each day to unlimited possibilities.

  3.  Some of God's greatest blessings are the opportunities He sends our way.  Be expectant.

  2.  Our lives would be so much richer if we listened more to what God has to say and less about what others have to say.

 # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Faith is believing in a God that you cannot see with an expectation of spending eternity in a place not found on MapQuest.

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7 Ways To Stir Up Your Gifting

We hope you find the recording so enjoyable you will begin to energize and empower yourself every day with Rich Thoughts for Breakfast.

You can jump start your morning with the live call at 8:30 AM EST by dialing 1-667-770-1524 Access 832936#

Or, If you're unable to listen to the live call, you can dial 712-432-0990 Access 832936#. The recording is available until the new Rich Thoughts program is recorded the next day.

Text GIVE to 817-693-1557 to sow your seed securely and easily.

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?

Recently, I was watching one of my favorite John Wayne movies entitled “Big Jake.”  The Duke as he was known was my favorite movie star during my formative years.  He was always the good guy.  The one who stood for what was right. . .regardless of the consequence.

My three favorite John Wayne quotes are:

# 1    “Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.”

# 2    “Courage is being scared to death…but saddling up anyway.”

# 3    “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”

John Wayne won his only Oscar in 1969 for the movie “True Grit.”  There’s a point in the movie where 14-year-old Mattie Ross says to Marshal Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne) “They tell me you are a man with true grit.”

Dictionary.com defines true grit as:

“firmness of character; indomitable spirit”

Psychologist Angela Duckworth after studying people in various challenging situations, including National Spelling Bee participants, rookie teachers in tough neighborhoods, and West Point cadets, said she found:

“One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.”

The best definition I’ve ever heard of grit is: