Live - Build - Change: The Christian Faith And Business Show

There is a phrase that we hear in the church fairly that is something I fear we say without knowing what it really means - or how to apply it rightly: claiming God's promises. Okay so someone says, “I'm claiming the promises of God” for this, or this or this… In this episode of the podcast I ask the questions, “What does that really MEAN - and is it OK to do when it comes to business endeavors? Subscribe to Live Build Change On Android | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Spreaker | Email Here’s a rough outline of TOPIC OR GUEST… [0:49] The right way and the wrong way to claim the promises of God [3:20] Applying God’s promises depends on your relationship with God [7:32] What about business endeavors? Is it appropriate to claim the promises of God? [10:34] A recent story of how claiming the promises of God could apply [15:03] Believing in what God is doing in your business How we are often the means of God’s promises coming true It’s important that we have our thinking straight when it

Stay hungry... It was the summer of 1980. I was 13 years old. And I was the hungriest I'd ever been in my life. I was in the middle of my "ordeal," an initiation exercise to gain entrance into a special group within the boy scouts known as the "Order of the Arrow." There was a group of 25 of us who were invited to participate. It was an honor and I was glad to be there. But it was difficult for a 13 year-old because we had to: Spend the weekend working at the camp Remain silent the entire time Sleep by ourselves out in the woods, with no tent or sleeping bag Not eat any food for 2 days Weird? Maybe. Consider it an early testosterone-laden initiation. But you can see why I was so hungry. Staying hungry impacted my thinking Of course, I was nowhere near as hungry as many people in the world are every day, but for a teenager who'd never missed a meal in his life, it felt like I was starving. Though I was plenty busy, it only took about 12 hours of not eating for my thoughts to be on one thing only - food. I wa

I appreciate you taking the time to listen to this short update - the LORD has been doing significant things in my life and heart recently and I wanted to let you know how those movements of the Spirit are impacting with I've been called to do with Live Build Change.   Contact me at https://www.LiveBuildChange.com/contact 

You know somebody once told me, “Never make decisions when you're under the cloud - wait until the sun comes out. “ And that is great advice. Get some space away from the situation. Let me tell you about the time I most felt like quitting my business... Subscribe to Live Build Change On Android | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Spreaker | Email When I feel like giving up on my business… OUTLINE [0:00] Changes to this podcast in 2018 [2:48] A time when I felt like quitting my business [4:37] What should you do when you want to quit? [6:21] Why it’s important not to make decisions when you’re under the cloud [7:18] What if God DOES show you that you’re on the wrong track? [8:18] If you’re going to stick out out - go into “learning mode” [10:18] Why making the same mistake repeatedly is inexcusable in business I think it was about a year and a half into my business, Podcast Fast Track that some events happened all kind of right in a row that made me want to quit. I was discouraged, I w

It’s true, though we don’t like to admit it: the first step is the hardest. Getting started, moving out into the unknown, stepping out to discover something new, taking a risk… all of these are ways to describe the emotion we sometimes feel when it comes to doing new things. But it’s those new things that bring about the changes we want most in life. We can’t expect the future to be better, to be different if we are unwilling to make it different. That means we’ve got to get started, and the first step is often the hardest. Subscribe to Live Build Change On Android | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Spreaker | Email   Here’s a rough outline of taking the first step… [0:57] The significance of the first step in anything [2:08] The most common reason people don’t get started [3:40] Why it’s vital to step past what is familiar into the unknown It’s a bit dysfunctional, but we humans tend to prefer something that isn’t working but is familiar, to something that might work but is unfamili