When doubt, fear and opposition come my way, I tune in to the one who lives on the inside of me and something begins to happen! I become bigger than life, because the Greater One lives on the inside of me. Scripture is clear, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13)! That may sound unusual to you, but the imagination is a powerful tool that God has given us to bring His Word to life in us!

You can overcome the fear of rejection and saying the wrong thing (or the right thing wrong) when you remember that favor isn’t always a result of performance. Regardless of your speaking abilities, or lack thereof, God can give you influence and anoint your words to be powerful and effective to your hearers!

There is nothing that controls your personal life more than what you believe. Your feelings are the fruit of your thoughts. If you are feeling stuck in life, or are having negative feelings and emotions in an area, ask yourself what you have been believing about those things. Why? Because if our thoughts aren’t agreeing with what God says about it, we are believing a lie. God’s Word brings life!

What picture are you forming your beliefs around—the picture of your past, or the picture of what God says about your possibilities and potential? Don’t allow your past experiences to determine what you believe. Instead, allow God’s Word to transform your mind and heart, and amazing experiences will follow!

Let’s allow ourselves to dream and recognize that God does not limit us. Yes, He directs us and empowers us to fulfill His will and each one of us has a destiny. BUT NEVER ALLOW the misguided, judgmental statements of people around you to restrict you from being all that you can be!

We may see the multitudes of people in the world in many ways. Some of those ways can make us want to condemn them, but Jesus always sees people as a beautiful, precious harvest, ready to be gathered. A harvest has several characteristics: it is valuable, it must be gathered or it will be lost, and it is URGENT. Time moves quickly and then the opportunity is gone.  “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work” (John 9:4).

Two people can hear the same message and it can change the life of one forever while the other falls asleep. You only benefit from something to the degree you value it. The Bible says it differently: “Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them” (Luke 8:18).

Persist in your God-given dreams and desires, because resistance to your dreams is as normal as gravity is to our atmosphere. It holds everything down, but it doesn’t stop us from flying!

Be careful of the age attitude. In the 1940s a basketball center was about 6’4″, and they would shuffle their way back and forth on the court as centers normally do. Today, a basketball center is 7′, and the 6’4″ point guards run like cheetahs on the court. What’s the difference? How they see themselves! Don’t shuffle through life. You can have what you go after with God on your side!

People spend half their life trying to feel worthy to be God’s representative, then the other half wondering if they’re doing it right. Jesus isn’t calling you to do something beyond you, because you aren’t doing it in your own ability, you’re doing it in HIS. HE qualifies you and equips you by putting HIS Spirit IN you!