EP028 - $3,000,000 In A Cardboard Tube (Recognizing Greatness)

Who does God use to accomplish the extraordinary? Is it the skilled? the wealthy? the uneducated? the qualified? the poor? the young? the gifted? or ordinary people?

Today we’re talking about “Exploring Ordinary Life, With An Extraordinary God: Let’s look at “How God Uses Ordinary People, To Accomplish His Extraordinary Purpose”. 

Let’s start with a quick read through the story found in John 6:1-14, so you have an image in your mind for connecting the dots.

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In the previous episode, we talked about getting clearer on your path by determining your distractions and those things which cause you to lose your focus; in today’s episode, we’ll talk about “Determining Your Life’s Core Product” or in other words, as you connect with a sense of direction for your life, what do you want to be known for?

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In the previous episode, we walked through the second level for determining your direction in life with something called the three (3) dimensional strategy; in today’s episode, we’ll talk about getting clearer on your path by determining your distractions and those things which cause you to lose your focus.

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In the previous episode,  we walked through the first of two levels for determining your direction; the first level was called the "Future Self" Equation; in today’s episode, we’ll walk through the second level which is called the three (3) dimensional strategy.

This segment is all about the mindset, which is about how you need to think in connection with determining your direction, so you can keep your life in forward motion.

In this strategy, we will look at 3 segments for determining your direction. Now as you go through this, you will probably notice that some of the ideas overlap - that is intentional. It is written this way to better help solidify the concept of determining your direction.

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In today’s episode, we’ll walk through the first of two levels for determining your direction; the first level is called the "Future Self" Equation.

In this session, let’s look at the 7 life areas, and I'll show you what to focus on, and how to determine your direction in each of the living areas, so you have more clarity in your life's direction.

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in today’s episode, we’ll talk about “Determining Your Direction” which is the simple process of deciding where you want to go in your life; yes, we are led by the Spirit of God, but God many times sets opportunities before us and allows us to choose.

Nowadays, it seems as if everyone is searching for life guidance or life direction; and let me make an assumption about you, you probably are searching for your direction too right?

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In today’s episode, about “The Power Of Your Story”; our personal stories that many times shape who we become, what we achieve, and how using that power, all depend on two simple things.

If you’ve been around as long as I have, which means you’re probably over twenty, then you know from first-hand experiences that life is filled with many twists, turns, bumps, bruises, triumphs, and successes. So much so that our lives seem to walk along a storyline; kinda like how a movie moves through its paces right?

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In today’s episode, we’ll talk about “Starting With The Bigger Picture”, which is a way to get past being stuck, when you’re looking for answers.

Have you ever had the experience of sitting and staring aimlessly out a window because you needed answers to something you were dealing with, and no matter how you moved the problem around and around in your mind, nothing useful seemed to surface? 

If you have had any experiences even remotely similar to what I just described, then you will know and understand the common life frustration of being stuck… 

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In the previous episode, we talked about David’s fourth strategy when facing any giant in your life which is to simply answer back (a.k.a the careful response) in which you refuse to listen to your giant’s challenge without issuing your own; in today’s episode, we’ll talk about David’s fifth strategy for winning against the giants in your life which is to play by your own rules (a.k.a. My Own Armour) in which we learn to use what we have been given to accomplish our victories.

You will always have the advantage if you create the rules of engagement according to your own strength and abilities.

Here’s what I mean…

Once King Saul realized that David was willing to go out and stand against this menacing threat that was causing grievous harm to the nation of Israel, he was delighted. He quickly dressed David in his own armour. Saul put his tunic on David, put his coat of armour over him, put his helmet on David’s head, and fastened his sword at David’s side.

But something was incredibly wrong with the picture…

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In the previous episode, we talked about David’s third strategy of learning to strengthen your confidence using your past victories (a.k.a the grounding strategy); in today’s episode, we’ll talk about David’s fourth strategy when facing any giant in your life which is to simply answer back (a.k.a the careful response) in which you refuse to listen to your giant’s challenge without issuing your own. 

David faced an opponent that was skilled in the art of warfare and was a master manipulator who knew how to secure easy victories using the mind game strategy. Goliath tried to taunt, threaten, insult, and intimidate David the same way he had done to the entire army of Israel.

He shouted out, “Do I look like a dog that you should dare approach me with a stick? I will feed your carcass to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field”.

Now by anyone’s standards, when you have a guy that is almost the size of large truck standing in front of you shouting to you how he will cut you into pieces for the animals to feast on…that can be a very intimidating picture which could make a grown man cry and run for cover.

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