Posts by Manny Rivera

Connecting people to their God-given purpose is, in my opinion, the primary responsibility of every leader in ministry.  And when I say leader, I mean pastor, teacher, evangelist, apostle, prophet and any type of leadership role that exist in church today. Within this responsibility is every form of discipleship.  And the goal of discipleship is…

What if God did for you as He did for King Solomon?  He appeared to Solomon, in his dream, and basically granted him a wish! (1 Kings 3:5).  Seriously, what would you do?  What would you ask for? We all want to think we would do the same as Solomon.  To make you feel better,…

All right, here’s the deal with God’s purpose for our lives in a very small nutshell… God created the earth for humanity, who in turn, was created in His image with freewill to have dominion over the earth. Humanity, in order to have freewill, needed a tempter.  The tempter tempted humanity and humanity failed. Humanity…

What are you currently doing to activate your purpose?  If there’s a purpose for your existence, what are you doing right now to engage in that purpose? From the examples given by Ezekiel and Jeremiah, God is always looking for a man or a woman who steps into the place where God has called them.  He’s…

The greatest hindrance to living a life of God-given purpose is living life in a man-centered way.  Living is your greatest obstacle in life…better yet, how you live it. Man-centered living is selfish; it’s survival minded.  Its priority is to keep its conditions balanced with “happiness” at the expense of our relationship with God. Here’s…

Why do we seem to get stuck in our walk with Christ?  Through my 28 years of knowing Him, I’m discovering that many times I’ve confused His ultimate intent for me with His initial intent for me. The pursuit of our God-given purpose should be our primary endeavor in life. With it comes prayer, worship,…

At what speed does your life travel?  For many, life seems to travel at the speed of light.  The busier life gets, the faster it becomes.  And the busier we become, the more results we’ll require. Requiring more results traps us in being consumers instead of producers. Here’s the catch… Life should not travel at…

In my efforts to keep my ONE GOAL for this year, I’ll have to practice ONE skill.  Well, actually it’s ONE word… “NO.“ I’ve learned that before we can do what God has called and purposed us to do; we need to learn to say NO.  I know the word “No” seems negative, but in…