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		<title>WFJ: Randy, write the vision down!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy, write the vision down! You asked me what your $15,000 BIG TICKET offer is to be. I’m giving that to you now. It’s very simple. You see, to see the BIG PICTURE, you have to stop cutting down trees, step back, and see the whole forest. ]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Randy, write the vision down! You asked me what your $15,000 BIG TICKET offer is to be. I’m giving that to you now. It’s very simple. You see, to see the BIG PICTURE, you have to stop cutting down trees, step back, and see the whole forest. Then you must stay there continually. Begin with the end in mind. To develop STRATEGIC ALLIANCES, you must remain a big picture guy. Delegate away everything that someone else can do. I have blessed you to be a visionary for visionaries. Your target audience is My visionaries, people with large networks, and those with global visions (people who want to impact the world for Me). Period. Don’t focus on others.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Randy, <span style="color: #008000;"><strong>the name of your BIG TICKET retreat (offer) is &#8220;Achieve A 30-60-100 Fold Increase In One Year (12 Months).&#8221;</strong> </span>For anyone to do this, including you, he must begin with the end in mind. <strong>Live your dream lifestyle now and work backwards to how I will support that. Randy, eliminate all appointments on M, W, and F. Don’t check emails on those days.</strong> When people learn they must wait to have access to you, they will value your time. Start planning date weekends with Julia. You have the RCI options. <strong><span style="color: #008000;">Your intimacy with Julia will improve dramatically when you follow the 4 P’s of giving (your time) in the book &#8220;Fields of Gold&#8221; &#8211; Priority giving, Percentage giving, Progressive giving, and Prompted giving. You see, these principles apply to all areas of life, not just money.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Randy, you asked Me to give you the slides (messages) for your 3 minute PP for your $15,000 offer. I’m going to give that to you now.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>I want you to start writing down the names of people who will want to come to your $15,000/person retreat.</strong></span> &#8211; [names are begin kept confidential on this blog]</p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>PP (for $15,000 offer)</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Have music playing in the background while the slides advance</li>
<li>Slide 1: I have come that you might have life and have it more ABUNDANTLY! &#8211; John 10:10</li>
<li>Question mark image with the world</li>
<li>How can you best LEVERAGE YOUR TIME to do what you already do well?</li>
<li>How can you Achieve A 30-60-100 Fold Increase In 12 Months?</li>
<li>Answer: &#8220;To see the BIG PICTURE, you have to stop cutting down trees, step back, and see the whole forest. Then you must stay there continually. Begin with the end in mind. To develop STRATEGIC ALLIANCES, you must remain a big picture guy. Delegate away everything that someone else can do.&#8221;</li>
<li>It’s that simple. In a word, SIMPLIFY</li>
<li>2 VISION slides (dreamers vs visionaries, God’s vision vs Human vision; old slide + MLB)</li>
<li>You are invited to our 30-60-100 Fold Retreat</li>
<li>[Oct 9-11, 2009 in Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper Business Center) - include tour of Culpeper with Virginia]</li>
<li>Oct 27-29, 2009</li>
<li>Maui, Hawaii</li>
<li>[3 days, $15,000]</li>
<li>We will teach you &#8220;3 Secrets To Achieve A 30-60-100 Fold Increase In 12 Months&#8221; // [Learn to combine Journaling (writing) + Leadership Coaching + Web 2.0 for Explosive Kingdom impact]</li>
<li>&#8220;Many are called. Few are chosen&#8221;</li>
<li>Only 12 people will be accepted</li>
<li>All applicants will be screened first</li>
<li>Will you be one of the chosen 12?</li>
<li>Click the Link below for your FREE Assessment</li>
<li>Slide about LEVERAGE: A dream + Team + a Theme = Streams</li>
<li>This may be the most important decision you have made in your career</li>
<li>Blessings of joy and laughter and love that won’t let go!</li>
<li>Randy Peck, M.D., Blessed to be a blessing, THE CONNECTOR and The Journal Guy</li>
<li><a href="http://www.prospernow777.com/15000">www.ProsperNow777.com/15000</a> (Or <a href="http://www.prospernow777.com/30-60-100">www.prospernow777.com/30-60-100</a>)</li>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Thank you, Randy, for writing the vision down. Now go back to bed. Enjoy your day. Enjoy Julia. My Angel Breakthrough is with you.</span></p>
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<p>Journal, Sept 22, 2009, 5:50 am MT (Park City, UT)</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Randy, your logo for ProsperNow777 is to be a circle with the TREE OF LIFE (JJ’s UNCOMMON Journaling For Destiny cover).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Randy, for your headers for your landing pages (opt-in and sales), use the model of Lisa Sasevich with a header width of 100%, PN777 logo, Title (e.g. 30-60-100 Fold Increase), and Attention &#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Always include a FREE Assessment with your lead generation pages to reveal people’s pain and the degree of their suffering.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Begin transcribing your notes onto the laptop today.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">I will give you the questions for your assessments.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Assessment</span></strong></p>
<p>On a scale of 1-10 (10 = best; extremely satisfied, 1 = worst), please rate the following:</p>
<p>PURPOSEFUL LIVING</p>
<ul>
<li>Living your life on PURPOSE</li>
<li>Living your life with PASSION</li>
<li>Living your life with CLARITY (in alignment with your God-given assignment &#8211; When you get in alignment with your assignment, God’s provision will follow)</li>
<li>Living your life with FOCUS (saying &#8220;No&#8221; to that which you are not called to do)</li>
</ul>
<p>Your PACE OF LIFE<br />
To be spiritually healthy you must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life</p>
<p>Your ROUTINE</p>
<ul>
<li>The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally. Failure to plan is a plan to fail.</li>
<li>See notes from Nelson Searcy’s teaching</li>
<li>Your DAILY ROUTINE: 1) Meditation on the word of God morning and night &#8211; Psalm 1:1-3, 2) Journaling (Yesterday, 2-way prayer), 3) Planning of day, 4) Daily exercise, 5) Meal times, diet, nutrition, supplementation, 6) FUN time</li>
<li>Your WEEKLY routine: 1) Reflection on prior week and planning of upcoming week; Payment of bills</li>
<li>Your MONTHLY routine: 1) Reflection on prior month and planning of upcoming month, 2) Completion and analysis of written monthly budget</li>
<li>Your YEARLY ROUTINE:</li>
</ul>
<p>Your RELATIONSHIPS with &#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Your spouse</li>
<li>Your children</li>
<li>Your parents (Honor your father and mother)</li>
<li>Your extended family (siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc)</li>
<li>Your close friends</li>
<li>Your work colleagues</li>
</ul>
<p>Your STEWARDSHIP of &#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Your time</li>
<li>Your talent (sharing your God-given gift to serve others)</li>
<li>Your treasure (finances)</li>
<li>Your temple (body) &#8211; health and wellness</li>
<li>Your relationships</li>
<li>New Ideas (Creativity)</li>
<li>New Opportunities</li>
</ul>
<p>Your FREEDOM</p>
<ul>
<li>FINANCIAL Freedom &#8211; freedom to do what you feel led to do when led to do it without limitations because of finances</li>
<li>TIME Freedom &#8211; freedom to enjoy life and every day</li>
<li>RELATIONSHIP Freedom &#8211; ample time and money to make the most of your relationships with those who are most important in your life; freedom to take frequent vacations</li>
<li>SPIRITUAL Freedom &#8211; freedom to fully manifest who you are in Jesus Christ</li>
</ul>
<p>Your GROWTH</p>
<ul>
<li>[Refer to benefits of journaling, coaching]</li>
<li>Your PRAYER life</li>
<li>Your FAITH level (Without faith it is impossible to please God)</li>
<li>Ability to totally forgive</li>
<li>Ability to totally forgive</li>
</ul>
<p>Fruit of the Spirit</p>
<ul>
<li>Your typical daily LOVE score (both giving and receiving love)</li>
<li>Your typical daily JOY score (FUN)</li>
<li>Your typical daily PEACE score (seeking God’s Kingdom first)</li>
</ul>
<p>COMMUNICATION</p>
<ul>
<li>The effectiveness of your COMMUNICATION with the world</li>
<li>Your strategic use of Web 2.0 (Social Marketing such a blogging, Twitter, Ezinearticles, Teleseminars, Facebook)</li>
<li>Your success in building the Kingdom of God with many others</li>
<li>The growth of your networks</li>
<li>Your IMPACT on the world (Kingdom of God)</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Prayer Revival In America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joseph Peck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I went to the monthly "Christ In Culpeper" (Prayer Culpeper) meeting at the Culpeper Train Depot. The presence of God was very strong. While we were praying I saw a vision of a large waterwheel dipping down into the water (God's living water) and bringing water up to people waiting in the window above.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;There is no revival without prayer!&#8221; &#8211; Pastor Brad Hales</span></p>
<p>Yesterday, I went to the monthly &#8220;Christ In Culpeper&#8221; (Prayer Culpeper) meeting at the Culpeper Train Depot. Eight prayer warriors were there initially and one more joined us before we finished. The presence of God was very strong.</p>
<p>While we were praying I saw a vision of a large waterwheel dipping down into the water (God&#8217;s living water) and bringing water up to people waiting in the window above. Many, many people are so thirsty for God&#8217;s living waters.</p>
<p align="center"><img title="Waterwheel" src="http://yourdailyblessing.com/images/2009/08/2009-08-27_waterwheel_01.jpg" alt="" width="556" height="700" /></p>
<p>Also while we were praying, the Holy Spirit impressed upon my heart strongly to resume weekly prayer meetings. When I got home, I found a letter (article) in the mail from Burt Swardstrom titled &#8220;Prayer Revival In America.&#8221; Burt is Director of Communications (Prayer Coordinator) for Mastermedia International.</p>
<p>As I was reading that article (see below), I knew with absolutely certainly that I am to start a noon-time weekly prayer meeting in Culpeper in which business people can meet for prayer that will rapidly evolve into daily prayer meeting all over our community. Prayer and faith go hand-in-hand. Prayer and love for Jesus go hand-in-hand.</p>
<p>I feel so deeply the pain of broken hearts and broken families in our community. PRAYER IS THE ANSWER. There is no revival without prayer. The only way a city will be transformed is when pulpit and marketplace leaders come together regularly to pray. That is foundational to every great revival.</p>
<p>Jeremiah Lamphier held his first prayer meeting in a Reformation Church in New York City on Wednesday September 23, 1857. Within weeks, hundreds of people were gathering to pray. It&#8217;s interesting that in 2009, September 23 is also a Wednesday.</p>
<p>Late yesterday afternoon, I spoke with Brad Hales, pastor of Reformation Lutheran Church in downtown Culpeper. He has agreed to allow his sanctuary to be used for prayer time on Wednesdays at Noon. <strong><span style="color: #993366;">So we will start weekly prayer meetings from Noon &#8211; 1 pm on Wed, September 2.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Prayer Power</strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Heavenly Father, we praise You as the God of prayer, the God of revival. Thank You for stirring my heart to begin weekly prayer meetings in downtown Culpeper starting Sept 2. I&#8217;m expecting an explosion in faith and God-centeredness. May Your Holy Spirit send the invitations to people&#8217;s hearts to come. Thank You Jesus!</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Blessings to experience the power of prayer in your community!</strong></span></p>
<p>Randy Peck, M.D.<br />
&#8220;Blessed to be a blessing&#8221;<br />
THE CONNECTOR &amp; The Journal Guy</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #008000;">Prayer Revival In America</span></strong><br />
Source: <a title="Prayer Revival In America" href="http://www.truthkeepers.com/prayer1.htm" target="_blank">http://www.truthkeepers.com/prayer1.htm</a>  </p>
<p>Wesley Duewal (Revival Fire: ZondervanPublishingHouse)</p>
<p><strong>1857 Prayer Revival in America</strong></p>
<p>A quiet, zealous forty-six-year-old businessman in New York was appointed on July 1,1857 , as a missionary in downtown New York at the Dutch Church. Jeremiah Lamphier had been converted in 1842 in Broadway Tabernacle, Finney&#8217;s church that was built in 1836.</p>
<p>Lamphier felt led by God to start a noon-time weekly prayer meeting in which business people could meet for prayer. Anyone could attend, for a few minutes or for the entire hour. Prayers were to be comparatively brief. Lamphier&#8217;s group met on the third floor of the old North Dutch Reformed Church on Fulton Street in New York. Lamphier printed some handbills announcing the prayer meetings with the title, &#8220;How Often Should I Pray?&#8221; He left these in some offices and warehouses. He also put one on the door of the church on the street side.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #993366;">The first day, September 23, 1857, Lamphier prayed alone for half an hour. But by the end of the hour, six men from at least four denominational backgrounds joined him. The next Wednesday there were twenty. On October 7 there were nearly forty. The meeting was so blessed that they decided to meet daily. One week later there were over one hundred present, including many unsaved who were convicted by the Holy Spirit of their sin.</span></strong></p>
<p>Within one month pastors who had attended the noon prayer meetings in Fulton Street started morning prayer meetings in their own churches. Soon the places where the meetings were held were overcrowded. Men and women, young and old of all denominations met and prayed together without distinctions. The meetings abounded with love for Christ, love for fellow Christians, love for prayer, and love of witnessing. Those in attendance felt an awesome sense of God&#8217;s presence. They prayed for specific people, expected answers, and obtained answers.</p>
<p>Newspapers began to report on the meetings and the unusual spirit of prayer that was evident. Within three months similar meetings had sprung up across America. Thousands began praying in these services and in their own homes. I n New York, gospel tracts were distributed to those in attendance, with instructions that they pray over the tracts and then give them to someone God brought to mind.</p>
<p>The three rooms at the Fulton Street Church were filled beyond capacity, and hundreds had to go to other places. By early February a nearby Methodist Church was opened, and it immediately overflowed. The balconies were filled with ladies. By March 19 a theater opened for prayer, and half an hour before it was time to begin, people were turned away. Hundreds stood outside in the streets because they could not get inside. By the end of March over six thou- sand people met daily in prayer gatherings in New York City. Many churches added evening services for prayer. Soon there were 150 united prayer meetings each day across Manhattan and Brooklyn.</p>
<p>Meetings began in February in Philadelphia. Soon Jayne&#8217;s Hall was overfilled, and meetings were held at noon each day in public halls, concert halls, fire stations, houses, and tents. The whole city exuded a spirit of prayer.</p>
<p>PRAYER MEETING FERVOR</p>
<p>Almost simultaneously noon prayer meetings sprang up all across America in Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Memphis, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and in a multitude of other cities, towns, and in rural areas. By the end of the fourth month, prayer fervor burned intensely across the nation. It was an awesome but glorious demonstration of the sovereign working of the Holy Spirit and the eager obedience of God&#8217;s people.</p>
<p>America had entered a new period of faith and prayer. Educated and uneducated, rich and poor, business leaders and common workmen-all prayed, believed, and received answers to prayer. Even the president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, attended many of the noon prayer meetings. This was not a revival of powerful preaching. This was a movement of earnest, powerful, prevailing prayer.</p>
<p>All people wanted was a place to pray. Sinners would come and ask for prayer. Someone would individually pray for them, and in minutes the newly saved person was rejoicing in Christ. Prayers would be asked by name for unconverted friends and loved ones from allover the country. In a day or two, testimonies would be given of how the prayers had already been answered. In some towns, nearly the entire population became saved.</p>
<p>Six months previous to Lamphier&#8217;s prayer meeting boom, few would have gathered for a prayer service. But now a spirit of prayer occupied the land, as though the church had suddenly discovered its real power. The majority of the churches in most denominations experienced a new dimension of prayer. The Presbyterian Magazine reported that as of May there had been fifty thousand converts of the revival. In February, a New York Methodist magazine reported a total of eight thousand conversions in Methodist meetings in one week. The Louisville daily paper reported seventeen thousand Baptist conversions in three weeks during the month of March. And according to a June statement, the conversion figures stood at 96,216&#8211;and still counting. all but two of the youth in one high school were saved. A similar event took place in Toledo, Ohio. These are just brief examples of what was happening constantly all across the nation.</p>
<p>The accounts of the prayer meetings during those revival years describe how the people would quietly gather at the place of prayer promptly at the appointed hour. Whoever was leader for the meeting—a layman or a minister— arose and announced a hymn. They sang one or two verses with great joy, the leader prayed briefly, and then turned the service over to the members. Any person was free to speak or pray for no longer than five minutes. If the person took more than that time, a small bell was rung and it was someone else&#8217;s turn.</p>
<p>Requests for prayer, often coming from distant places, were spoken or read. Often sinners arose and requested prayer for themselves. Members gave testimonies of answers to prayer, and the people praised the Lord. Brief exhortations on prayer or revival were allowed but limited to five minutes. Many testified of revival progress in various locations. Promptly at the closing of the hour the leader rose and pronounced the benediction, and the people quietly left the building. Occasionally someone might stay behind to pray with a spiritual seeker.</p>
<p>THE INVISIBLE CLOUD OF GOD&#8217;S PRESENCE</p>
<p>A canopy of holy and awesome revival influence—in reality the presence of the Holy Spirit—seemed to hang like an invisible cloud over many parts of the United States, especially over the eastern seaboard. At times this cloud of God&#8217;s presence even seemed to extend out to sea. Those on ships approaching the east coast at times felt a solemn, holy influence, even one hundred miles away, without even knowing what was happening in America.</p>
<p>Revival began aboard one ship before it reached the coast. People on board began to feel the presence of God and a sense of their own sinfulness. The Holy Spirit convicted them, and they began to pray. As the ship neared the harbor, the captain signaled, &#8220;Send a minister.&#8221; Another small commercial ship arrived in port with the captain, and every member of the crew converted in the last 150 miles. Ship after ship arrived with the same story: both passengers and crew were suddenly convicted of sin and turned to Christ before they reached the American coast.</p>
<p>The battleship North Carolina was anchored in New York harbor as a naval receiving ship. More than a thousand young men were on board. Four Christians agreed to meet together for prayer and knelt on the lower deck. The Spirit of God so filled their hearts with joy that they broke into song. Ungodly men on the top deck heard the singing, looked down, and saw the boys kneeling. They began running down the stairs, mocking and jeering. The convicting power of the Holy Spirit so gripped them that by the time they reached the bottom deck they fell on their knees and began crying for mercy.</p>
<p>Strong men who were deep in sin were broken down by the Spirit&#8217;s power and knelt humbly in penitence and faith. Night after night the sailors prayed, and hundreds were converted on the ship. Ministers were sent for, and they came out from shore to help in the gracious work of the Spirit. The battleship became a mighty center of revival. Converts of the movement, completing their periods of training, were sent out to other navy ships. Wherever they went revival fires were kindled in other naval vessels.</p>
<p>IN HOMES, SHOPS, FIELDS, AND CHURCHES</p>
<p>Reports came in of hundreds being converted in prayer meetings, private homes, workshops, and fields. Often the doors of businesses held signs reading, &#8221; Closed, will reopen at the close of the prayer meeting.&#8221; Five prayer meetings took place daily in Washington, D.C. Five thousand or so attended daily services in the Academy of Music Hall.</p>
<p>In Philadelphia, Jayne&#8217;s Hall removed partitions and added space for six thousand people to attend daily meetings. At this time George Duffield wrote the hymn &#8220;Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus.&#8221; For months multitudes of churches opened every evening for prayer, and some of them had from three to five services of prayer each day. All were filled. The services consisted of simple prayer, confession, exhortation, and singing. But it was &#8221; so earnest, so solemn, the silence. ..so awful, the singing. ..so over-powering&#8221; that the meetings were unforgettable. A canvas tent was erected for outdoor meetings, and it immediately filled with people. In four months&#8217; time, a total of 150,000 people attended the ministry in the tent, with many conversions. Philadelphia churches reported five thousand converts.</p>
<p>The Presbyterians in Northern Ireland heard of the awakening in Philadelphia and sent fraternal delegates. These delegates returned to their homeland and reported what they had seen, and the revival broke out in Ireland, spreading across the British Isles.</p>
<p>REVIVAL IN THE ARMY</p>
<p>Because of the bitter tensions of the Civil War and the slavery issue, for a time it seemed that the southern states would not be as powerfully influenced by the revival as the northern ones had been. Others dispute this assumption. An unusually powerful revival broke out among the southern troops stationed around Richmond, Virginia, in the autumn of 1861. It began in the hospitals among the wounded men and then spread into the camps as these men returned to active duty. Prayer meetings were organized and hundreds converted. The movement spread rapidly throughout the army, reaching the troops of Tennessee and Arkansas.</p>
<p>Revival was encouraged by Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. &#8220;Stonewall&#8221; Jackson, who were well known as devout Christians. By the mid-summer of 1863 the revival had spread through all the Confederate armies, and thousands of men had been converted. Chaplains and lay missionaries went out among the troops, preaching and distributing tracts and dealing personally with hungry hearts. By the end of the war at least 150,000 soldiers had been converted, and more than a third of all of the southern troops had become praying men. The revival among the southern troops was primarily a revival of prayer, as the earlier revival in the North had been. While the best estimates are that 6.6 percent of the entire population of the United States was converted during the revival, the percentage among the southern troops was 21 percent. The North really did not win the war—prayer and a mighty revival did!</p>
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		<title>Carriers Of Their Dreams</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr. Joseph Peck</dc:creator>
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But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Peter 3:8)
What dream of your parents or grandparents is waiting to be fulfilled by you?
We continue with our theme of friends. Our online courses (webinars) are really turning out to be a blessing for everyone involved. In the process of growing together, strong bonds of covenant relationships are being established.
This evening, Jerry Graham, Georgia Willis Fauber, Dan Paulsen, ...]]></description>
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<span style="color: #ff0000;">We are carriers of their dreams!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Peter 3:8)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">What dream of your parents or grandparents is waiting to be fulfilled by you?</span></p>
<p>We continue with our theme of friends. Our online courses (webinars) are really turning out to be a blessing for everyone involved. In the process of growing together, strong bonds of covenant relationships are being established.</p>
<p>This evening, Jerry Graham, Georgia Willis Fauber, Dan Paulsen, and I wrapped up our five week, online course titled &#8220;UNCOMMON Social Marketing (Web 2.0).&#8221; That was an eye opener for each of us. Not only did we each glean a lot of valuable marketing lessons from the course, but we became closer friends in the process of working together.</p>
<p><a href="http://empower2000.com/1dollar"><img src="http://yourdailyblessing.com/images/2008/10/the-best-dollar_540px.jpg" alt="The Best Dollar You EVER Spent" width="540" height="123" /></a></p>
<p>I first met Dan in mid June 2008 after he registered for the five week UNCOMMON Coaching For Destiny course. While Dan already was a certified life coach, he promptly stepped in to help Jerry teach the next DESTINY course that started in early September. Now after just 3 months of knowing each other, Dan and i are exploring the possibility of a joint venture. It&#8217;s neat how God connects people, builds friendships, and finally establishes covenant relationships. Following the golden rule really does work.</p>
<p>After tonight&#8217;s webinar, Georgia and I had a chance to chat for another half an hour. She told me how grateful she was for yesterday&#8217;s devotional and my sharing about her family&#8217;s five generations that have lived in the home she grew up in.</p>
<p>As Georgia shared more wonderful stories about her parents, I made the statement &#8220;We are carriers of their dreams.&#8221; By that I meant the dreams of our parents are often not fulfilled during their lifetimes, but if we are aware of what those dreams are, we can be used by God as instruments to fulfill the dreams.</p>
<p>King David knew God wanted to build a temple as His sanctuary, but it was David’s son, King Solomon, who ultimately fulfilled that dream.</p>
<p>This same principle of fulfilling someone&#8217;s dreams applies to other people besides parents, ancestors, or relatives who die prematurely. It seems the same principles applies to many of our prayers. While we may never see answers to our prayers during our lifetime, eventually someone come along to be that answer. It might take hundreds or even thousands of years for a prayer to be answered, but God is faithful. As the Bible states, a thousand years is like a day for God.</p>
<p>I learned from Georgia that Paul Newman died at his home from cancer on Friday September 26, which happens to be my mother&#8217;s birthday and my pastor&#8217;s birthday. Georgia shared that Paul was such a wonderful philanthropist, having given away more than $250 million to worthy causes. Isn’t that a neat legacy to leave. But even someone as significant as Paul Newman had to have unfilled dreams. It&#8217;s neat to think that those who follow after us might well fulfill dreams that came from deep within us.</p>
<p>I have a dream to see many of God&#8217;s children learn how to leverage the POWER of the web in a supernatural way to bring a billion people into the Kingdom of God. Each day I take another swing of the ax against the mighty oak. Eventually that mighty oak tree will tumble. I&#8217;m excited that 60 people have already registered for our next UNCOMMON Social Marketing (Web 2.0) course that begins at 7:30 pm EST on Thursday October 2.</p>
<p><strong>Prayer Power</strong><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of friends and covenant relationships. Thank You for all the various type of social media that allow us to easily communicate with other people around the world. Help us to be good stewards with these resources you have placed before us. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.</span></p>
<p><strong>Link of the Day</strong><br />
<a title="Paul Newman dies at 83 - Film actor, humanitarian was a Renaissance man" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.newman28sep28,0,448505.story" target="_blank">Paul Newman dies at 83</a> &#8211; Film actor, humanitarian was a Renaissance man<br />
[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.newman28sep28,0,448505.story]</p>
<p><span style="color: #993366;">Blessings to be aware of and actively pursue the godly dreams of your ancestors!</span></span></p>
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