Striving to Attain = Striving to Maintain

I’m beginning to learn certain things when it comes to succeeding in what I do… First of all, I’ve come to a personal revelation of what true “kingdom success” is.  Success, in its simplest form, is not self-promoting or aggrandizing – actually, it’s the total opposite.   It’s the ability or stage in your life when…

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Passion + Problems = Purpose

I was reading blog stats of the past couple of years and realized that this blog post received the most hits and comments.  With that in mind, I figured I’ll go back to come “old school”  and repost it again.  For all my new subscribers (and old ones) let me know your thoughts on it… …

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The Habit of Finishing

It is not how you begin but it is how you end.    The ability to finish is the key to proper transitions in life.  God will never trust a person in a higher level of living if that person has not been faithful in completing his objectives in the prior level. Understanding the value of finishing…

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THE AGENTS ARE GATHERING AGAIN

This Sunday is our last part of the AGENTS OF CHANGE message series.  I must admit, this has been one of the most inspirational messages series I have ever preached.  I’ve had many people approach me to thank me for sharing the Word of the Lord.  They’ve mentioned, in many ways,  how God has impacted their…

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HOW TO KEEP WINNING

2 Corinthians 2:14 …but thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. It is in your design and make-up to win.  God, your designer and maker, fashioned you to overcome and win at all times. That is what…

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IMPACT INITIATIVE this SUNDAY!

IMPACT INITIATIVE is this Sunday, August 28th @10:00am at Impact Church! This will be a  “MUST BE THERE” in the physical body time of celebration.  You will leave with 2 things: You will leave with an impartation of God’s power and anointing to fulfill the plan of God for their lives! This is our priority and…

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The “Good” in Good-Byes

My mother in-law, Nancy Shackelford, quoted to me a saying she recently read, “I’m learning to recognize the “good” in good-bye.”    When she read that to me, I had an epiphany concerning certain things that were happening in my life. I’ve never been a “good-bye” kind of person.  I hate them; they can be very…

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I Love When a Plan Comes Together!

“I love it when a plan comes together!”  This was the famous line cited by the fictional Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith of the A-Team.   As a teenager, I loved the show because it’s characters, even though the plot was somewhat predictable.  There was a challenge… then a plan… and then the execution of the plan.…

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Transformers!

“But as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority to become the children of God, that is to believe in His name” (John 1:12) My boys are intrigued with movie making.  They all desire to either be in them or make them. We just finished filming a new movie titled Crime…

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The House of Prayer…

I love what occurs in this passage of scripture… Mark 11:15-17… 15On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those selling doves, 16and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple…

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