January 10, 2013

Help Others to be Successful

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, what’s in it for me.

It’s easy to be someone’s friend when they’ve got it all together, when they don’t need any help from you. Anybody can believe in people after they’re successful, after they graduate, after they’re promoted, after they get their big break. But, people need our support the most before they get their breakthrough. They need us to look past their faults and failures and see their potential. Most times, people just need a little “push” of encouragement to keep them moving forward. We should always put ourselves in the other person’s shoes and see things from their perspective. You may have some good advice that could save them a lot of heartache and pain. Don’t keep it to yourself. Pick up the phone. Help them win. Maybe you excelled in a college course that they’re struggling in. Don’t sit back and think, “Too bad. They’ve got to learn it the hard way.” No, you are to help them. When you help others rise higher, you are fulfilling your destiny mission. Today, share your love, support and encouragement. Invest life in others, see their potential, and together, you’ll rise higher into what God has for you. Will you go and help someone be successful today?

January 6, 2013

Past Experiences

Never make assumptions about someone based on your past experiences with someone else.

The word prejudice in it’s simplest terms means to pre-judge. It isn’t just about race, creed, or color. People pre-judge all the time. The major reason for this is because of experiences you have had in the past. I don’t know of anyone that wants to be pre-judged; so why do people do this? We have filters in our mind, these filters are based on our past experiences. Be very careful not to group people into categories because of your past. You should learn from your past that is a given, but don’t use that education to make assumptions. Everyone as a past, everyone has had bad experiences, and everyone has been through tough times. Use though experiences to restore and reconcile others, not to judge others. Be a difference maker in someone’s life today. Change their future by accepting them. You can be the person that restores their hope, their faith, their believe in themselves. Use your past experiences to help others. Is there someone in your life that needs you to help restore them today?

January 4, 2013

Awesome Year

The best way to move forward is to let go of the stuff that has been holding you back.

This year, I believe, is going to be a year of breakthrough for many people. Maybe you’ve been facing some difficulties. Remember, great difficulties lead to great victories. Maybe you’ve felt like the storms of life have been blowing against you, trying to hold you back. I believe this year that the winds are changing direction, and now they are going to start propelling you forward. Due season is coming. It’s not time to sit back. It’s not time to let up. It’s time to press forward. It’s time to rise up! Don’t grow weary while doing good. Keep doing good and don’t lose heart because it’s your time, and it’s your season! By faith begin to declare, “2013 is my year! I’m stepping into a new season. I’m letting go of what didn’t work out. I’m putting on a new attitude and enlarging my vision. I’m going to go into this year with a new fire and greater expectancy. I’m pressing forward to step into my season!” Are you ready for the most awesome year of your life?

January 2, 2013

No More Struggling

Don’t let your struggles become your identity.
We all go through seasons of difficulty and face storms in life. But during those times, we have to remember that God is greater than any struggle we face! He’ll take those challenges and use them to strengthen us, but we have to do our part and keep working our process toward the victory. Think about the caterpillar before it becomes a butterfly. When it’s wrapped in its cocoon on the backside of some tree, it doesn’t look like it has many options. But inside that cocoon as it becomes a butterfly, it doesn’t just sit and wait for someone to come and let it out. No, that butterfly knows that it has to make a move if it’s going to be set free to fly. In the same way, we have to do something to get out of the confining places we are in. We have to pray, we have to believe, and we have to press through to victory. No matter what you may be facing, remember His grace is sufficient for you. His strength is made perfect in you. He has given you everything you need to overcome in this life. Now is the time to break free and rise to new levels because He has victory and blessing prepared for you. Are you struggling today?

December 31, 2012

Finishing 2012 Strong

Take the time to find positive things that others are doing. Focus on their strengths and encouraging them in their gifted area.

On this the last day of 2012, keep training yourself to look for the best in others. In 2013, make it your goal to always find the good, the positive in others. See what they are good at, their strengths and then encourage them in that area. For too often it is easy to see the negative and weaknesses in other people. However, that doesn’t build them up, that doesn’t encourage them. If you really want to make a difference in others, then you will have to be different. I understand that in some people you will have to look really hard to find something good, but it is there. Chances are they have been told how useless they are, how no good they are, how no one will ever love them. With that in mind, just telling them one time that they have a purpose, they have a destiny, that God loves them; probably won’t be enough. Take the time to be a positive influence in their life. Make this coming year the greatest year ever; not only for them but yourself as well. Are you going to be a difference maker in 2013?

December 29, 2012

Show Some Love

Never withhold love; in the process you generate more as you go along.

In our culture today, so many people are confused about what love is. We love pizza, movies and sports, but we also love our family or spouse. If we look to the Word of God, we see God’s definition of love. First Corinthians 13 tells us that “love is patient and kind. It does not envy, nor boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It does not seek its own way, is not easily angered, and keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not rejoice in evil, but rejoices in the truth. Love believes, hopes and endures. Love never fails.” This is how God responds to us, and this is how we should respond to the people in our lives — with patience, kindness, hope, humility and love. The Bible tells us that God is love, and His character never changes. Today and every day, know that God loves you with an everlasting love. He will never leave you nor forsake you. He is for you and has a good plan for you. Receive His perfect love today and let Him transform you from the inside out. His love is the greatest love and will last throughout all eternity. We desire to be loved, therefore, don’t withhold your love from others. Know that the more you give love the more you will receive it back in return. Is there someone in your life today that you need to show some love toward?

December 28, 2012

Overwhelming Kindness

Stop all the negatives with overwhelming kindness.

Kindness isn’t just about being nice; it’s looking for ways to improve someone else’s life. It’s bringing out the best in others. When you start your day, don’t just spend time thinking about yourself or how you can make your own life better. Think about ways you can make someone else’s life better, too! Ask yourself, “Who can I encourage today? Who can I build up?” You have something to offer those around you that no one else can give. Someone in your life needs your encouragement. Someone in your life needs to know that you believe in them. We are responsible for how we treat the people that are placed in our lives. We are supposed to bring out the best in our family and friends. Look for creative ways to encourage those around you. As you sow seeds of encouragement and bring out the best in others, God will send people along your path that will build you up, too. Keep showing kindness so you can move forward into the blessing and freedom He has for you. Is there someone today that you need to show overwhelming kindness toward?

December 26, 2012

The Right Vision

Working the wrong vision is an enormous cause of frustration and giving up. Make sure your process is your process.

God created us as visual beings. It all starts with what you see in your mind’s eye. Everyone has their own mental picture of the way they see themselves, their family and their future. This picture determines what kind of life you live. If you have an image of success, victory, health, happiness and love, you will naturally gravitate toward that. But if you have an image of frustration, defeat and mediocrity, that negative mental picture will keep you from God’s best. Remember, if you’re going to be successful, you have to first see yourself as successful — the way God sees you. If you are seeing your life in a way God didn’t intend; then you will be stay frustration and discouraged. Get the right vision, make sure you are working your process and not someone else’s. You have greatness inside of you whether you believe that or not. There is a plan for your life and God is waiting for you to work your process. Don’t spend another day out of your plan and process. Is the vision you have for your life the right vision?

December 18, 2012

Self-Encouragement

The most powerful encouragements are those that focus us on what we can do; our process. The best encouragement empowers from within.

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There is internal and external encouragement. The most effective is internal. You hear every word you say and also every thought you have each day. By encouraging yourself in areas that you control; your process, you will see greater results. Encourage yourself with your own thoughts and words each day. Stop telling yourself that you can’t do it, you can’t make it. Be positive or be quiet. There is nothing worse than talking negative, discouraging words to yourself. You have to be positive. No matter what the facts say, keep working your process. You aren’t junk, you are priceless. Start telling yourself today that you can make a difference. Stay focused on what you can do with your life. Talk good to yourself. Be positive with your words; your purpose and destiny are depending on it. Do you need to be more positive with your self-encouragement today?

December 16, 2012

Great Encouragement

There is no better way to begin to express your own greatness than by offering encouragement to others and yourself to be your best.

Encouragement isn’t just about being nice; it’s looking for ways to improve someone else’s life. It’s bringing out the best in others. When you start your day, don’t just spend time thinking about yourself or how you can make your own life better. Think about ways you can make someone else’s life better, too! Ask yourself, “Who can I encourage today? Who can I build up?” You have something to offer those around you that no one else can give. Someone in your life needs your encouragement. Someone in your life needs to know that you believe in them. We are responsible for how we treat the people God’s placed in our lives. He’s counting on us to bring out the best in our family and friends. Look for ways to give you creative ways to encourage those around you. As you sow seeds of encouragement and bring out the best in others, God will send people along your path that will build you up, too. Keep encouraging others today. Is there someone you should encourage today?