Issue # 15 - Getting more ‘F’ in your life.

From A - Z… the series continues, letter 'F'

The way you think now will determine how you make it in the future. You must aggressively think of ways to change your position in this next subject matter. Many times you get so complacent and wonder why we are not getting help from people or further ahead.

You must take control of your use of time to improve your position in this. The letter 'F' comes to help to bring in the 'finances'. I’m sure you can use some more finances. There’s always room for money in your life.

Finances:
1.Monetary resources; funds,
2.The management of money, banking, investments, and credit.

As long as you are alive you will need finances. With the rising cost of oil & fuel what are you doing to cope with this dilemma? Yes the price of gas doesn’t seem like it’s slowing down anytime soon. The numbers keep going up and I know you are praying for a miracle each time you get to the pump.

"Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears".
Robert W. Sarnoff

If your financial position is great at this time, you should still think about days ahead. I’m sure you have heard stories about persons on top of the world today and tomorrow the world is on top of them.

Increase by your talent

Even if you own the business you must still look for ways to generate more income. I’m sure you wouldn’t mind hearing the sound of your cash register ring more often. More customers, more money, more choices, more of what you want. Sound like a better life to me.

What talent or gift are you not using or maximizing. There is at least one thing you can do well. God gave it to you to use it. For example, lets say you discover you have artistic ability. Why don’t you use it in designing items or images for T- shirts to sell etc. - or maybe you love typing. How many persons out there that need things typed up, whether it’s a personal project, resume, business etc. and you charge a fee. You need to stop thinking that nobody needs your talent. Advertise, put it in the local paper do something. "But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,.." Deuteronomy 8:18 (NIV)


Just in case you’re thinking using your talent doesn’t pay off. Bill Gates (talent-computer technology) worth $48 billion, Oprah (communication) worth $1.5 billion, Martha Stewart (publisher / business personality ) worth $575 million, Tiger Woods (athlete) worth $500 million , Mel Gibson (actor) worth $500 million. Where these people are now they did not start there. Increase comes through your use of talent and investments.

Savings , Savings, Savings

"6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest"- Proverbs 6:6-8 (KJV)

Maybe you’re tired of hearing this word but you can’t get away from this. You cannot ignore this factor of the economic formula if you expect to be financially secure. Many times we think saving $10 here and there is unimportant because the number seems so small.

If you fall $10 short at the grocery store you have to put something back right? Now think about that $10 you didn’t think saving was so important. You have to start somewhere. When you discipline yourself to start small. The number will increase.

Budget with God

Planning for future needs is a wise course of action. You must see where your money is going by literally writing it down. Everywhere you spend it record it. This exercise may surprise you to see what you are wasting on unnecessary stuff. This will give you a clear insight on where you are. Then you can see what you need to do to make the adjustments to make your position better.

But for God’s sake don’t try to do it alone. The best person to show you how to handle the green stuff is God. Asking for wisdom is important in every area of your life, including finance. Never forget, all that you have comes from God. It’s only fitting that part of it you should give back to God. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it" . Malachi 3:10 (KJV)

Resource & materials

There is always someone that is at the place you want to be. The best thing to do is to find out how they got there. If people are using their talent to help better your life you should listen. What would life be like if you had the knowledge to better understand the language of finance?

Here’s some material & info to help you:
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=56804&sp=51177

http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2007/12/14/see-a-penny-pick-it-up.aspx?GT1=10719


Coming next week: The series continues…letter 'G'


Take care until…......and God Bless ya
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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.

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Issue # 14 - Let‘s go down ‘E’ street.

From A - Z… the series continues, letter ‘E’

Thinking about the journey on this road is never easy. Many people forget so often that this road exist. Especially when you are all excited about today. What are you living for? Yes that’s what I said. What are you living for? Let me put it like this then, are you living only for now or later.

You are enjoying life and having a good time. All that you have desired is beginning to happen. You’re reflecting on a good weekend you just had. The next few years of your life you don’t see anything but good results. Here’s to a bright future that you’re all excited about right?

Suddenly your life is interrupted by an accident on Monday morning as you are heading to work. You are pinned in your seat by the impact and barely able to move.

This can’t happen now. What is going on? I have too much ahead of me. What am I going to do about my plans for next week? I have waited so long for this. How could they be so blind? Didn’t they see that stop sign? All these thought race through your mind as your life is now making a sudden change. You are able to reach your cell phone and make contact with the police. In the twinkling of an eye you…

As you know your story can take many turns from this moment forward. I’ll leave it up to you. If you come up with a best selling novel remember me though. Today I’m bringing your attention to the letter ‘E’. he wants to remind us about ‘eternity’ .

Eternity:

1.Time without beginning or end; infinite time.
2.The state or quality of being eternal.
3.

a.The timeless state following death.
b.The afterlife; immortality.

A word I believe we should be conscious of everyday. Tomorrow is promised to none of us. It is truly by the grace of God you see another day.

"We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here".
Susan Taylor

Let’s look at your present status. Is your vehicle ready to ride down this road. Let me back up a bit here though. There are two potential destinations when you cross over into eternity. Eternal life and eternal death. "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it". Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)

Because of our nature of being born in sin, eternal death is our default destination. The good news is that we can change that by one powerful decision.

With all the trials and difficulties you are faced with here I’m sure you want to go to a better place. On E- street you have vehicle going up and down. you need to be sure that you are heading up. I must warn you that there are some people on an assignment to get you to go down. They come as road blocks and detours to get you to go off course.

They will be attractive, beautiful, exciting, fascinating, seductive and more. Remember when you saw that vehicle what really caught your attention through it’s appearance. Only to be surprised when you took a closer look it was a lemon in disguise. Watch out for the lemons on E-street.

Enough about those guys. There are some vehicles on E- street that gives you joy to know that you’re heading up. They help to motivate you as you as you do your best to move along. Especially with the price of gas today.

You need people to encourage you cause when you pay for your gas you want to know that the journey is worth it. Wouldn’t it be sad to have spent all that money on fuel and end up at the wrong destination. Please help to promote this message to bring awareness to the unprepared on this matter.

May your journey on E- street lead you to an everlasting celebration. God wants to spend eternity WITH you.

You Are Connected with Eternity:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8754625932083014461&q=eternity&ei=Z4k2SLaRBo2g4AKWmoThAw&hl=en

Devotional reading
John 3:16
Rom 6:23
I John 5:10-11


Coming next week: The series continues…letter ‘F’

Take care until…......and God Bless ya
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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen. Read more!

Issue # 13 - Don’t get another ‘D’ in this.

From A - Z… the series continues, letter ‘D’

How many times have you passed by an incomplete building? Heard persons with great plans for their life but it never happened? Or maybe even you had a personal project you started but you dropped it somewhere along the line. What caused you to drop it? I’m sure you had no intention of dropping it because the excitement and energy you had you were willing to do it all by yourself.

Obviously something happened along the line which took you off course. That’s’ why I’m glad for the letter ‘D’. It is where we find today’s word determination. As you and I know from experience that desire alone doesn’t get things done. One of it’s supporting factor is determination.

determination: Firmness of purpose, perseverance, steadfastness

Not because you get a D grade or failed your last venture means you should never attempt it again or give up on everything. You must realize you will never get the support you want. Remember, it’s how bad you want it? The force within you has to be greater than the external force for you to blow away your opposition. Either that happens or you will cave in and quit.

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough” .
Og Mandino

In life there are always situations that try to speak to you and tell you that the odds are against you. This is only a test and therefore your grade is a result of what YOU decide to do after this.

No teacher ever spends hours in the classroom trying to help you turn out to be a failure. It doesn’t take much effort to do that. Do nothing and you will succeed. God is always trying to teach you important lessons in life to make the grade. Whether he does it directly or through other means it’s up to you to apply what you have learnt.

If you are determined to make the best grade you must have stick ability. The ability to hang in there no matter what. God is looking for some people in this generation to join our forefathers in making the honor role. You have to have the attitude that if it doesn’t happen today I’ll be back on the job tomorrow.

Even if your life’s story never makes it on the 6 o clock news, published in a book, featured on Oprah, or become a motion picture, be sure of this- God has it recorded in heaven. Imagine making it in Heaven’s Hall of Fame.

You must aim for a better grade by:

1. Staying connected to your teacher and greatest help -“For the Lord GOD will help me…” Isaiah 50:7 (KJV)

2. Keep fueling up your faith - "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God". Romans 10:17 (KJV)

3. If necessary change you strategy or approach.

4. Take a 5 -Yes rest. It will allow you to be revived and sometimes give you fresh new ideas to get it done.

5. Read & talk to other people- Hearing others peoples success will keep you motivated.


Here’s to a better grade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghaPBA7ICU8

Coming next week: The series continues…letter ‘E’


Take care until…......and God Bless ya
http://jamesedgecombe2.blogspot.com/

Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.

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Issue # 12 - Let’s… ‘C’ about it?

From A - Z… the series continues, letter ‘C’

Suddenly you are bombarded by a few brief calls on a rainy Saturday morning. Your first call is a friend that wants to have a party cause their birthday is fast approaching. Another friend calls and tells you they are getting married in a few months and they need your help.

“My son is graduating from college next month and I want you to help me put together a party” says Sheila on the other end.

That’s not it there’s more, you can hear the excitement in the next call as your cousin tells you of receiving the answer to something that they were praying about for many years.

Well I’m sure your getting the hang of this by now. Well it’s time to pull out our next word in this series. The letter ‘C’ tells us it’s time celebrate.

celebrate:
1. To honor a victory or the memory of something in some special way.
2. To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing.
3. To engage in festivities

Another NBA team is about to celebrate this year. It could be the current champions or it could be a new one. Each of these remaining teams is faced with the challenge to “win or go home”. A celebration awaits but who will be the one to stay in until the end? Nobody wants to go home before it’s all over. All losers will have to go back to the drawing board and wait until next year to start all over again.

“Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day” .
Anonymous

By the way when was the last time you had a good celebration? Let me remind you that you have to go through some opponents before you can truly celebrate. The enemy doesn’t want to see you rejoice at all. And he is on an assignment to stop you.

But the good news is God has given you the necessary skills to win the prize. He has the supplies set aside for your celebration, but you have to go out and play the game. Only those who are in the game has a chance to win.

In celebration of you

Maybe you have watched other people lives and you see them celebrating. And you begin to wonder what the celebration was all about. Sometimes you find out the reason and begin to wish it was you or why can’t you have that experience one day. I want you to be reminded that God is not a respecter of persons and he doesn’t love them anymore than you.

So why don’t you think you can celebrate? There is a celebration for you to.

The first person to celebrate you is God because he formed and created you. God is excited about everything he made. You were made in his image and likeness and that’s a reason for you to celebrate.

When he made you, he made you for a purpose. That means you are that important to him cause you are a part of his plan. Don’t you know that every part of the plan is important. That’s another a reason for you to celebrate. “Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare”. Psalm 40:5 (NIV)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. John 3:16 (KJV) Well aren’t you a part of the world? Which means that he loves you right? So why are you going around like nobody loves you? Not only now but forever he loves you with “…an everlasting love…” Jeremiah 31:3 (KJV) That’s another a reason for you to celebrate.

Now go ahead and celebrate with the other reasons that you know about.


Who’s your pick to win the NBA finals?

1.Boston 2.Cleveland 3.Detroit 4.LA Lakers

5.New Orleans 6.Orlando 7.San Antonio 8.Utah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpXop7DqSfE

Coming next week: The series continues…letter ‘D’

5 days to Mothers Day

Don’t forget to celebrate your mother

Take care until…......and God Bless ya
http://jamesedgecombe2.blogspot.com/

Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.

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