What kind of day are you going to have today?

Not sure.. . .then answer this. . .who will determine the kind of day that you’re going to have?

Your spouse?  Your children?  Your parents?

The slow driving “idiot” in the fast lane.  The police officer who gave you a ticket because you ran a stop sign hoping to get to work on time.

Your supervisor who has given you enough work for three people?  Your boss who doesn’t recognize or reward you for your hard work?

A goal is a vision of how it is . . . before it is.

In talking about goals at my seminars, rallies and church services, I’ve had a few believers question whether or not goal-setting was important or even scriptural.

I’ve asked those folks why they got saved.  Invariably, the answer is “to go to heaven.”  I then asked if they were going today. If they say, not unless Jesus comes back, I say, “If heaven is not your immediate destination, it is still your goal.”

A goal is the manifestation…the end result achieved through vision, prior proper planning, persistence and peak performance. 

Get a notebook in which you can keep your goals for the rest of your life.   It’s time to stop talking about your future and do something about it.

Have you watched a television series where the star of the show is seemingly always in eminent peril?

No matter how real the scene feel. . .you can know for sure. . .that the creator and writers of the television show will never kill the hero or the star. . .who plays the hero.

Just like the movies. . .you’re a star that will never defeated by the enemy.  In fact, not only will you not lose. . .you win every single time.

Here are three scriptures which should strengthen and energize your faith against every attack of the enemy.

10. Today…speak to where you want to be…not where you’re at.

  9.  Begin each new day with supernatural expectations and you’ll never be disappointed.  Jeremiah 29:13 MSG

  8.  Without a vision for 2013…you’re spiritually blind…you’ll never see where you’re going…so you’ll never get there.  Proverbs 29:18

  7.   When you put your faith and confidence in the Lord…He can and will remove every impediment and obstacle to your success.

  6.  A successful characteristic of millionaires is they write down their goals.  Keeping your goals in your head just isn’t good enough.

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

  5.  Advice that has not been tested, proven and successful is just opinion…an experiment…not experience.

  4.  You are drawn to whatever you focus on…and whatever you focus on will be drawn to you.

  3.  You will become what you imagine yourself to be…so be careful about what you imagine.

  2.  When you have a vision…it’s personal…something that’s God ordained and visualized to be a part of your life.

And the # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Never value the advice of your banker or financial planner more than you do the Word of God or your man or woman of God.

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Answering these questions will increase your value as a problem solver.

Success is an attitude.  Success is a habit.  Success is a lifestyle.  Success is easily available to anyone who wants it...believes they can have it...works for it...never gives up and always...always trusts God...no matter what.

Success happens inside you before it ever happens around you.  There is a defining moment when you decide to take control of your own life and embrace the success that God wants you to achieve.

Age, education, money, background and childhood experiences do not matter in the face of these principles.

As I was reading Matthew 13:8,9 in the New Living Translation, something ignited in my spirit.

“Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!  Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”

I’ve taught and/or quoted this passage of scripture dozens, oftimes but on this particular occasion verse nine just leaped out at me.

“Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”

My first thought was that not everyone hearing about sowing and reaping a harvest of thirty, sixty and the hundredfold return will understand.

Some people simply are not in a position mentally, emotionally or spiritually to hear this scriptural truth about sowing and reaping.

If every believer were to accomplish everything they’ve told me they’re going to do. . .or what they say. . .God told them to do. . .we’d have a gazillion more billionaires.

No question. . .Jesus would have returned for His Bride. . .because the whole world. . .every language and ethnic group would have heard the gospel.

Why hasn’t the rapture taken place?  It’s because a large number of Christians are better at talking than planning and/or doing.

Unfortunately, sometimes we talk. . .but we don’t plan.

Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League once said:

10.  What would you do today…if you knew you could not fail?  Mark 9:23

  9.  When you know what you need to know…you know you’ve got what it takes to succeed.  Proverbs 8:14 AMP

  8.  Going to church won’t make you a Christian any more than going to McDonald’s makes you a Big Mac.  It’s your commitment to Him.

  7.   Your next door neighbor may not know your name…but Jesus does.  John 10:14

  6.  Reading increases your learning which activates an increase in your earning.

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

  5.  Hanging around with the wrong people…makes it easier to compromises your principles.  Exodus 34:12 TLB

  4.  When you increase what you know…there’s no limit to where you can go.

  3.  If you haven’t written down the desires of your heart…you’re not serious about their manifestation.  Habakkuk 2:2-4

  2.  Your actions and reactions reveal the depth of your faith and the strength of your character.  James 2:14 NLT

And the # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  The doors of your employer’s business may close but the windows of heaven are still open over your life…if you obey His Word.

As I listen to your phone messages, read your letters and emails, God allows me to feel your hurts and see your hopes for a better tomorrow.

Some of you have wondered either on paper or in your heart when the promises of God will be manifested in your life.

I know that delay tactics are a favorite deception of the enemy because he seeks to trip us up by filling us with doubt.

The enemy wants you to believe that salvation will never come to your family. . .but that’s not what the Word says.