Heat Stroke, Heart Surgery, and Brain Surgery

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God, obedience, prayer

When you listen to people and are willing to be open to God’s leading,  He opens doors that would never be open otherwise.

This week I have been extremely busy, but not too busy to listen to God and obey his prompting. Let me share a few of these opportunities with you.

I was very busy and walking through our foyer to go take care of some business at the volunteer desk, when someone called my name. They introduced me to a man and he said that he wanted to go somewhere and talk, privately. I took him to the prayer room and he began to tell me his story. He had a heat stroke this summer and was still suffering from the results of it. He had been to all the doctors and was at the end of his rope, and just needed to have God heal him. Pastor Rick and I prayed with him. We are looking forward to and believing for his testimony of healing.

Yeah God!

This week one of my employees relatives had to have had to have heart surgery. I was bold at God’s leading and asked her if I could pray for her family. I did and she was grateful. That was the first opportunity to share God with her, and I thought that door was shut.

Thankyou God!

Today I got a call from a lady whom I have had contact with on 2 or 3 occasions. She apologized for not getting back to me sooner, but her husband had surgery. I was prompted to ask if he was ok, and then found out that he had brain surgery and was fighting an infection. I asked to pray with her and she said yes. After praying for her she tearfully said she really needed that today.

Thanks again God!

Remember that God is looking for willing vessels and he wants to use us. We need to listen for his Holy Spirit and be obedient to his leading.

Just Say YES

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I believe that we should JUST SAY YES, to God!

When we take a step of faith and say YES to God, he will bless you and will allow great things to happen.   When we say NO or But God, we close doors and opportunities and we may never know the impact of what could have been.

John Chapter 11: 25-26

“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me
will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and
believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27“Yes, Lord,” she told
him, “I believe that you are the Christ,^b the Son of God, who was to come into the
world.”

She had FAITH, just as we need to have FAITH.  I have seen God move in unbelievable ways and do unbelievable things, but it is because I said YES.

Be blessed!

IS IT ALL WORTH IT?

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I have two snipits of encouragement for you business owners who are scratching your heads or working on controlling your blood pressure regarding your business.  The end of the year business challenges are enormous and the forethought and confidence to plan intelligently for the next year is at times overwhelming, especially if this hasn’t been a banner year for you.  I know from experience.

Well I don’t believe your alone with these concerns.  Then you may hear the cliche that says “have faith and hang in there, it’s gonna be allright”, and that isn’t the most reassuring encouragement either.  Our human minds are so fragile because our hearts are fragile.  Scripture says where your treasure is there your heart is also.  Let me suggest this about your treasure (your business).

Snipit one.  If it was going to be easy, everyone would be doing it and no one would make a dime.  There is a wonderful opportunity here to invite a qualified mentor or business professional and hopefully brother in Christ, who has a heart for you and what you are doing that can be of some help.  Often the forest is just too thick to see through to the trees and your vision is obscured.  A more experienced person or persons who can help you sort through the weak areas of your business can be invaluable getting you on the right track.  Humble yourself and go find them.

The second snipit is harder to swallow,  but here goes.  If your just in business to chase the dollar, you’ll probably be chasing it the rest of your life.  Success is all too often a result of passion and persistence more than anything.   I can assure you that with these two business principles, you will have a much greater chance for success.  The reason is, your heart is in it.  You see, the heart thing is so critical for every kind of work.  Whether its your business, your family life, your relationship building outside your family, it always comes back to a heart issue.  That was Jesus secret too.

Jesus had a heart and passion for what He did on earth which was to live and die for us.  His influence and teaching of those principles left lasting impressions on all His followers (employees) and thus the legacy for Christianity.  You will probably not have quite that level of  success but that type of effort will go a long way in your marketplace to help spread the gospel, and you won’t even have to use words. 

So here are your two snipits.  Remember if it was easy, everyone would be doing it and you would likely not be very successful.  Second, don’t just chase the money.  Put your heart into your business and stay the course and serve people.  Paul said “I reach for the prize, for the mark of the higher calling in Christ Jesus”.  He never gave up in his quest to be the best God called him to be.  By the way, he was a tent maker in the marketplace.  Remember?

Blessings….Rich Forster  KBJ  Publisher

IF I COULD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN

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business, christianity, death, Faith, family, God, heaven on earth, Kingdom Business, Life, Marketplace Ministry, mortality, Religion, rule and reign forever, small business

Today was a memorial service for a special man of God and healing evangelist, Oral Roberts.   In the last few months, I lost a high school classmate, and also another old friend from a few years ago.  I’m sure you all remember just a few months ago when one of the most gifted entertainment celebrities, Michael Jackson passed away.  Perhaps you have had a similiar loss yourself lately?  I don’t mean to be morbid or depressive by beginning this writing with such sadness and finality, but to see if you have similiar feelings as I do once in a while when friends, loved ones and respected ones pass on.

Death has a unique way of reminding us of our mortality doesn’t it?  I don’t know if it’s part of the aging process or perhaps a little spiritual nudge from the Holy Spirit reminding me to ask myself….are you ready?  Have you done all I designed you to do?  So I ask myself….if I knew I was going to die today, what would I regret if anything?  If I could do it over again, what would I do different?  Here’s a tougher one.  What if you knew you were going to die a year from today.  What if anything would you do different this next year? 

Not fun questions to ponder I know.  But that doesn’t change the fact that the inevitable is going to happen to us and maybe we should be asking ourselves not just what would we do for the next year but why?  Oh, now I really have your curiosity I’m sure .  The question can be applied to your life’s practices in general but let me narrow this writing down to your purpose in the marketplace.

Rev. 20:4  tells us we are going to rule and reign with Jesus during the 1000 reign and Rev. 22:4  says we shall rule and reign with Him forever and ever in Heaven.  So I’m wondering what we are going to rule and reign in Heaven on earth?   What a stimulating question.  Allow me to suggest a thought provoking answer.  Could it be that all the trials, tribulations and training we are going through on earth in this lifetime are training for this ruling and reigning John the Revelator is referring to? 

Whether you interpert this scripture this way or not but think maybe it  could be such, it offers a reasonable argument or hopefully incentive to apply yourself to your job and career to the very best of your God given ability.  Who knows?  God may have you slated for something similiar in eternity.

Now some of you may not be not too happy about that if your not in a field of work you really like.  So here’s your chance.  To whom much is given, much is expected.  To him who does well with a little, much more will be given to him.  Do these scriptures sound familiar?  If you going to stay on the sidelines your not going to get to play in the game.  You can start tomorrow with a fresh new approach to your work and with an attitude of doing your job a well as you or anyone else possibly can.  Applying God’s principles to your work will not only result in more success in your job, but your Godly influence will begin to impact those around you in a positive way to His cross.  

Now your positioned for promotion, so get ready.  Repeat this same process with your next work opportunity and before you know it, you will be successful in the career of your dreams.  And who knows?  God may be looking for a qualified soul to fill those shoes and more in heaven’s marketplace and you just might get a chance to do it over again, the right way.

Surviving or Thriving?

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This is interesting.  I decided to write about Surviving or Thriving, and so my wife decided she would also.  Laura wrote the post before reading mine.  Here is mine!

Last week at church someone asked, “How is business? You know there are a lot of people going out of business and cutting cost to survive!”   We continued to talk and the next thing they said was,”but you know this is the time to advertise and get aggressive, when thing are bad.”

So, are you in survival mode or a Thriving and opportunity mode?

I am a Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University Graduate, and I like what Dave Ramsey says,

“I’m tired of hearing all the gloom and doom coming from the media about the economy and unemployment—I bet you are, too! Let’s take a minute to look at the true reality of the situation and what we can do about it.

Yes, many people have lost their jobs and houses. You may be one of them. But guess what? People have lost their jobs and houses even in a bull market. About 93% of people are still employed. That is pretty good! I was alive in the 1970s when unemployment hit double digits, and we’re nowhere near that right now! I’m not making light of the fact that some people are struggling; I’m just putting the situation in the proper perspective.

Even though you may be currently unemployed, that doesn’t mean you have to participate in the recession. People like me who have chosen to not participate acknowledge the reality of a slow economy and suffering people. However, we have decided that we’re not going to form our lives around the negativity coming out of the media and government. We’re intensifying our efforts and going to have the best year of our lives in spite of things slowing down.”

I side with Dave Ramsey, I choose not to participate.  Yes I am aware of the problems that are going on with the economy, but this is the time for opportunity.  When others are surviving  and cutting all cost, others are thriving.  People have asked me, “Isn’t it a bad time for you to be starting a New Shepherds Guide book”?  My response is, that it is God’s book,  God is building it, God called me to be a servant, and God will provide.

Let me give you an example of a direct sells company I am involved with.  Saladmaster is a direct sales company with the finest product on the market in there industry. They looked at the market and found opportunity.  They found that many people are eating at home and cutting back on eating out.  Food prices are increasing and there product helps cut food cost.  Many people are being health conscience and there product provides a healthy method of food preparation by eliminating oil and retaining nutrients.  They also found that more and more people are looking to supplement there income.

Guess what!  They have a are having record sales and they are hiring a lot of part-time people.  They are making an opportunity out of the current condition.

So, are your going to make an opportunity out of the current condition?  Take a look at your product and your market.  Do some research.  Are there hidden opportunities that you could take advantage of ?

CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RECESSION!

CHOOSE TO THRIVE, NOT SURVIVE!

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What is GOD doing?

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God, Kingdom Business

Since the first of the year, God has made some awesome changes that I would like to share with you.

Over 7 years ago, GOD gave Rich the vision and plan for Kingdom Business Journal.  Rich and I have put many hours into trying to build it to be what GOD wanted it to be.  In the process, we lost site of GOD’S plan and inadvertently started trying to make it do or be what we wanted or needed it to be.   We let US get in the way of what GOD was doing.  Rich and I committed in October 2008 to get US out of the process and see what GOD wanted to do.

If you are a Christian business owner, entrepreneur, manager of a company, minister, evangelist, or a worker for one of the above; ask yourself the question we asked ourselves, “LORD, ARE WE STANDING IN THE WAY OF WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO?”

Let me share what GOD is doing with KINGDOM BUSINESS JOURNAL.

Since the first of the year we have had over 1200 visitors who have viewed over 6500 pages and each spending about 5 minutes on average at: http://www.kingdombusinessjournal.com .  We have had visitors from 41 countries and over 420 cities.   Praise the Lord our membership has more than doubled.

We are hearing from people all over the world who are hungry for these KINGDOM principles and our number one search or reference is KINGDOM BUSINESS.

GOD continues to give us DIVINE connections.

In the last year we have made dozens of connections with other Ministries and other ministers in the marketplace.  We refer to these as DIVINE APPOINTMENTS.  Since the first of the year, GOD has brought us several DIVINE APPOINTMENTS and it is awesome.

God is moving in the body of Christ. He is UNITING Christians and preparing a mighty ARMY for the Lord.

Thank you for being part of what GOD is doing in and through the Kingdom Business Journal.

Blessings!

Lowell Lane- HIS servant

Membership is Free, The benefits are Eternal!

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We have spent the last year building a good, firm foundation for our site and now we are building the framework.

If you have not visited the site lately, or at all, I encourage you to do so.

We have a new catch phrase:

MEMBERSHIP IF FREE, THE BENEFITS ARE ETERNAL.

The newest change to our site is that membership if 100% FREE!!!!!

We are a ministry first, and a business second.  We are dedicated to spreading the gospel by sharing biblical principles to the business owner and or manager who is running a company.

We want everyone to have access to the information and so we made it FREE!

If you would like to know more about the site you can CLICK HERE!

God Bless!

Do God and Business go together?

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I am Co-Founder of Kingdom Business Journal, http://www.KingdomBusinessJournal.com .

We are dedicated to teaching Kingdom principles for Success and Ministry in the marketplace.

Let’s look at the question of, “Do God and Business go together”?

Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

God created it. God created us. God gave us wisdom. God gave us knowledge. God gave us thought process.

God gave us the ability to think through a process in order to create. God gave us the ability to create by using our hands.

God gave us the ability to have and create our businesses. You may have done the work, but God started the process.

My full time job is working for The Shepherds Guide Christian Yellow pages. We have a statement of failth that the owner of the business (or advertiser) has signed.

“I have received Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and my desire is to live my life for His Glory. I have been born again, according to John 3:3 which states, “…except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
I pledge to hold the hightest Biblical code of ethics in my business transactions. It is my ambition to treat my clients with the utmost respect and integrity.”
I agree with this statement of faith and that is why I represent The Shepherds Guide.

I want to encourage you today to think about this. If you are a Christian and agree with this statement of faith, then the answer to the question above is, “YES”.

Now, I am not saying that you need to go to work and start preaching to your employees and customers.

What I am saying is, we need to live by this statement of faith and be an example. Your life and the way you conduct your business is the best form of witnessing you could possibly do. Employee’s and customers are watching everything you do and if you are doing things according to biblical principles, it will have ETERNAL benefits.

YES, GOD AND BUSINESS GO TOGETHER!

Want to learn more about Kingdom principles for Success and Ministry in the Marketplace, CLICK HERE.

MEMBERSHIP IS FREE, THE BENEFITS ARE ETERNAL.

God is on the move!

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Folks I don’t know exactly what God is doing or planning, but as T.D. Jakes says, “Get ready, Get Ready”.
Stay tuned!!!

Lowell

Special Announcement

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HOW ARE YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS GOING?

It has been 2 weeks ago that we talked with Success Coach, Randy Mayes about HOW TO PUT THOSE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS INTO ACTION!

Randy would like to extend an offer to each of you that listened to the call.  If you did not listen to the call you still can.  It is available on REPLAY.

Here is the offer from Randy.

Offer 1

Goal Setting Worksheets – send an email with Goal Setting worksheets in the subject line.   Randy will send you some.

If you fill them out and E-mail them to Randy, he will do a 30 minute complimentary coaching session for you over the phone to help you create greater focus and leverage in your life.

Offer 2

Visit Randy’s website,  www.TheSuccessCoachNetwork.com .  Download The Bucket List worksheet.  If you fill them out and send them to Randy, he will do a 30 minute complimentary coaching session for you over the phone to help you discover and refine your personal destiny.

Offer 3

Visit Randy’s website,  www.TheSuccessCoachNetwork.com and sign-up for his FREE newsletter and coaching tips.

NOW YOU CAN’T BEAT A DEAL LIKE THAT!

Randy is awesome!  I have had several of these calls with Randy and he is a master.

God bless!

P.S.  –  Let me know how your goal setting goes by simply coming back to this post and sending me a comment.