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		<title>Reclaim 7 Mountains of Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joseph Peck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To disciple a nation you need a philosophy that governs all aspects of behavior yet is flexible enough to apply to all sectors of society. What are the sectors of society the gospel must penetrate in order to disciple nations? There are in fact seven mountains or world kingdoms that make up the matrix in which the culture of every nation exists. ]]></description>
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<p>The Great Commission is a TEACHING as well as PREACHING commission!</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Mt 28:19-20 &#8220;Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.&#8221; (NAS) Teach them all I commanded you. </span></p>
<p><strong>Did you know that Jesus gave us 50 commandments to take to the nations? </strong></p>
<p>The 50 commandments of Christ will change a nation. Notice how Jesus commands us to both preach repentance and TEACH THEM TO &#8220;OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT I COMMANDED YOU&#8221;. We tend to focus on getting people saved, or born again. That is certainly the start. This however is called the &#8220;Gospel of Salvation.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Gospel of the Kingdom&#8221; on the other hand is the Gospel we are called to preach. It includes the call to repentance but goes much further. It<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"> 7 Mountains of Culture<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; white-space: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> reaches into the world system and threatens Satan’s control over the nations. It is a teaching commission along side a preaching commission. It has been neglected too long.</span></span></p>
<p>To disciple a nation you need a philosophy that governs all aspects of behavior yet is flexible enough to apply to all sectors of society. What are the sectors of society the gospel must penetrate in order to disciple nations?</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">There are in fact seven mountains or world kingdoms that make up the matrix in which the culture of every nation exists.</span></strong> These mountains are also called &#8220;mind molders&#8221;, because the person who controls the tops of these mountains has leverage over the minds and lives of those beneath in every other mountain. The church has a message for each of these mountains. We need to both demonstrate the power of God and recover our confidence in the practical, life changing dynamic that is unleashed when society is built on non optional universal life principles- the commandments of Christ! It is the absence of this moral foundation that explains why it is easier to liberate a country from dictatorship than it is to bring it into order and prosperity once the dictator is out of power.</p>
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		<title>WFJ: Randy, write the vision down!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joseph Peck</dc:creator>
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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>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<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 rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prospernow777.com/15000">www.ProsperNow777.com/15000</a> (Or <a rel="nofollow" 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>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<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>Moses&#8217; Life Mission and His Five Big Excuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joseph Peck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us can list excuses why we don't lead effectively, just as Moses did. When God called him, he instantly thought of five reasons why he couldn't lead. What's your excuse?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">If a leader wants his followers to jump six inches, he must jump six feet.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God&#8217;s. (1 Corinthians 6:20)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">What is God calling you to do?<br />
What&#8217;s your excuse?</span></p>
<p>As a destiny coach, I hear many people share a myriad of excuses why they don&#8217;t follow God&#8217;s call on their life. They keep waiting for &#8220;someday&#8221; which never comes; it&#8217;s always today. And to be honest, I get tired of it. I&#8217;m choosing to move forward with people who have consecrated their lives to God &#8211; giving God their all. I acknowledge people who take decisive action.</p>
<p>The following message is an excerpt from p68 of the Maxwell Leadership Bible.</p>
<p>Most of us can list excuses why we don&#8217;t lead effectively, just as Moses did. When God called him, he instantly thought of five reasons why he couldn&#8217;t lead.</p>
<p>Excuse #1: Who am I? (Exodus 3:11)<br />
Moses struggled with his identity. He just didn&#8217;t feel qualified. He felt God had picked the wrong leader.<br />
God&#8217;s response: It doesn&#8217;t matter who you are. I am with you. (Ex 3:12)</p>
<p>Excuse #2: Who are You? (Exodus 3:13)<br />
Moses felt a lack of intimacy. He didn&#8217;t know God well enough to describe Him to the people and lacked conviction concerning his relationship with god.<br />
God&#8217;s response: &#8220;I AM WHO I AM.&#8221; (Exodus 3:14) I AM ever present. I AM everything you need.</p>
<p>Excuse #3: What if they don&#8217;t listen? (Exodus 4:1)<br />
Moses felt intimidated. He worried about the people&#8217;s reaction to him.<br />
God&#8217;s response: When I&#8217;m finished, they will listen. (Ex 4:2-9)</p>
<p>Excuse #4: I&#8217;ve never been a good speaker. (Ex 4:10)<br />
Moses fretted about his inadequacies. Who would listen to him if he couldn&#8217;t even speak speak well?<br />
God&#8217;s response: Guess who made your mouth? (Ex 4:11-12)</p>
<p>Excuse #5: I know you can find someone else. (Ex 4:13)<br />
Moses felt inferior. He compared himself to others &#8211; even his brother &#8211; and decided that he came up short.<br />
God&#8217;s response: OK, I will let Aaron go with you &#8230; but I&#8217;m still calling you to go (Ex 4:14)</p>
<p><strong>Prayer Power<br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Heavenly Father, I praise you as the great I AM, not the great I WAS or the the great I WILL BE. You&#8217;re the God of the present and You&#8217;re all we need. I pray today&#8217;s message will stir people&#8217;s hearts to action. Bless them to be strong and of good courage to step into and retake the promised land for You and Your name&#8217;s sake. In Jesus&#8217; name, I pray. Amen and hallelujah!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Blessings of the Day</strong></p>
<p>1) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://renatoamato.com/en/wfj-i-will-build-your-house/" target="_blank">WFJ: I will build your house!</a></p>
<p>2) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://thebahamabob.com/tempted-to-give-up/" target="_blank">Tempted to Give Up</a></p>
<p>3) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://prospernow777.com/" target="_blank">Become A THOUGHT LEADER In Your Niche</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Blessings to stop making excuses and do what God has called you to do!</strong></span></p>
<p>Randy Peck, M.D.<br />
&#8220;Blessed to be a blessing&#8221;<br />
THE CONNECTOR &amp; The Journal Guy</p>
<p>P.S. If you have comments to share, please post them publicly on my blog rather than sending me emails.</p>
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		<title>LORD, How Often Should I Pray?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joseph Peck</dc:creator>
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<span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;Prayer opens the way for the Word of God to run without hindrance. It creates the atmosphere that is favorable for the Word to accomplish its purpose.&#8221; &#8211; E.M. Bounds</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">&#8220;Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!&#8221; &#8211; Psalm 150-6</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">LORD, <b>How Often Should I Pray</b>?</span></p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t that a great question? When you ask the LORD the question and write down your answer, where do you think the answer will come ? From your own thoughts or from the LORD?</p>
<p>This morning, the LORD told me to write a YDB devotional titled &#8220;<i>How Often Should I Pray</i>?&#8221; That was what Jeremiah Lamphier wrote on the handbills he passed around announcing the weekly prayer meetings at the North Dutch Reformed Church on Fulton Street in New York City on September 23, 1857.  His obedience led to what may have been the greatest prayer revival in the history of America.</p>
<p>The LORD wants to remind people about our weekly community prayer gathering today at Noon at Reformation Lutheran Church (415 S Main Suite # 101, Culpeper, VA 22701).</p>
<p>What has happened spiritually in the past week in our community and my network has been enormous.</p>
<p>Seven days ago, on Wed Aug 26, I attended the monthly prayer gathering at the Culpeper Train Depot. Pastor GW Dameron, the one who initiated this, calls it &#8220;Christ In Culpeper.&#8221; During that meeting the presence of God was so strong. Several people commented about that afterwards.</p>
<p>While listening to other people&#8217;s prayers during that prayer time, I saw the image of a large waterwheel dipping down into the water (God’s living water) and bringing water up to people waiting in the window above. I was also prompted strongly in my spirit to restart a weekly prayer gathering in Culpeper. And when I got home, I found a letter (article) in the mail from Burt Swardstrom titled &#8220;Prayer Revival In America.&#8221;</p>
<p>That led me to call Pastor Brad Hales to ask for permission to hold the prayer gatherings at Reformation Lutheran Church in downtown Culpeper where he pastors. Brad was excited told me his church was open for prayer every day of the week.</p>
<p>So the next morning, I wrote a YDB devotional titled &#8220;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://yourdailyblessing.com/prayer-revival-in-america/">Prayer Revival In America</a>&#8221; and got great feedback from that.</p>
<p>After writing that devotional, Elizabeth Powell called me out-of-the-blue to follow up with someone I met at the Global Day of Prayer in early June. When I invited her to come to noon community prayer gathering on Sep 2, she told me she would. I learned that Elizabeth will already be at Reformation Lutheran Church for a weekly bible study from 11-noon on Wednesdays.</p>
<p>Elizabeth and her now deceased husband Bill played a key role in the Powell Wellness Center becoming a reality in Culpeper. Elizabeth is also the one who hosted the Experienced God life group that I began attending in January. That group was responsible for the birth of the Experience God Through Journaling webinars I hosted. And so much eternal fruit has come from those.</p>
<p>On Friday Aug 28, Julia and I went to Massanutten to have dinner with my parents and stay overnight. We watched their slide show with about 400 photos from their recent 3 week trip to 7 countries in Europe.</p>
<p>Then on Saturday and Sunday (August 30 and 31), Julia and I went with good friends to Culpeper County High School to see the Power Team perform. They were awesome. We witnessed about 150 decisions for Christ &#8211; young, old, all races and ethnic groups. I learned the Power Team has the most popular school assembly in the entire United States. Wow!</p>
<p>On Monday August 31, Patrick and Becky Badstibner drove to Culpeper to meet with me. I took them to dinner at Ruby Tuesday. I just got introduced to Pat for the first time on August 21 by Bob Sims when he was giving me a lesson on Tweetdeck. Bob met Pat through Twitter and built a strong relationship. Pat began worldprayr on Twitter in April 2009 and that has quickly grown to become the largest prayer network on Twitter, the most powerful networking platform. After meeting with me, Pat asked for me to be on his council of elder for worldprayr.</p>
<p>Yesterday, I drove to Richmond to host two live seminars to inspire people to establish a powerful online presence to share their stories, products, and services with the world. Only 13 people had signed up online before I left home, but about 25-28 people attended the events. What happened and the responses I got were so encouraging.</p>
<p><strong>Prayer Power<br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Lord Jesus, thank You for Your grace, Your amazing grace. I am so humbled by what You did yesterday, with the encouragement Your provided, badly needed encouragement. Thank You for going before me, watching my backside, cleaning up my messes, protecting me, and bringing me home safely last night. Thank You for this song &#8220;Christ Before Me&#8221; that Jerry sent me. May you richly bless today&#8217;s prayer gathering. May this ignite a fire of prayer revival. Thank You Jesus. Amen and hallelujah!</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Blessings to receive a clear answer from the LORD with how often you should pray!</strong></span></p>
<p>Randy Peck, M.D.<br />
“Blessed to be a blessing”<br />
THE CONNECTOR and The Journal Guy</p>
<p>P.S. If you have comments to share, please post them publicly on my blog rather than sending me emails. Thank you.</p>
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