Attractively Different Podcast

"Count it all JOY, my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds."

What is that supposed to mean? And how can you practically apply it to you life.

In today's episode, we're going to break down James 1:2-4 and see why we are able to face trials and view them through the lens of joy. In my opinion, many believers embrace the idea of suffering just for the sake of suffering. Almost like if they're suffering then they must be doing something right.

This perspective does not fit the character of God. His desire for you is to have everything you need for life and godliness. His desire is for you to be like a tree planted by the water where you continually bear fruit even in the dry seasons. He does not have a masochistic personality where you are supposed to enjoy the pain just because it is hard.

Yet, that seems to be the perspective where most believers approach the testing of their faith. Learning how to "suffer well" for the sake of suffering. Friend, you will see that God's desire for your trials and testing are to help you become the person who lacks nothing. God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

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Being diligent to finish can actually keep you stuck.

God lead me to a specific program to grow my coaching business but I feel like I received what I needed to receive from the program without finishing.

In today's episode I talk about how being obedient to the Spirit can lead you to start something and not finish. Yet, if you're like me, there are times where it becomes difficult to not finish the work. For example, anytime I read a book I feel like I need to finish, and that's because I have made the goal reading the book instead of extracting the wisdom or skills that God is intending for me.

So, here's your permission to stop … but only when God is leading you elsewhere. And if God is not leading you elsewhere, then there is a good chance that what you're doing is working on you to become more.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

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Your desires are clues to your God-given assignment and the potential that you contain.

In today's episode, we're going to discuss how God speaks to us and guides through the desires that we have on our heart. The desires and burdens for people to take action in certain areas are unique to them. The advesary positions our thoughts against us so that we stay stuck.

There are two words that the Bible uses for desires and one means petition and the other is used in regards to lusts and covetousness.

God has called us to create to co-labor with him, and these petitions and requests are a necessary part to succeeding in the assignment that He has for you. God says in His word says that man plans his way, his course of life, and God directs each step and establishes those steps to prosper the plan. .

Yet, the desire of lust and covetousness comes in when we're unwilling to become the person He has called us to be. James 4 says that we do not have because we do not ask and when we do ask and fail to receive it's because we asked with the wrong motive. We asked with the motive to fulfill our lusts and covetousness instead of fulfilling His plan and purpose.

Friend, you have a natural leaning that will guide us in our assignment and when you petition God for the things you need in our assignment He will bring it to pass.

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Lack of knowledge will bring destruction, and our adversary uses this against us. We will miss out on God's purpose and plan for our life due to lack of knowledge.

In today's episode we're going to talk about the significance of the Hebrew number 8, and how it's connected to God's covenant promises to His people.

The number 8 always speaks of a God - human partnership, and the Hebrew word for the number 8 means to make fat - to satiate. There is an implied idea that there is more than enough. The number 7 means complete, and therefore one more than 7 is more than enough.

In that idea, more than enough, God ties 8 character traits His personal name. These 8 character traits inform us about God's identity, but the fact that there are 8 names implies that He is more than enough. God's methods bring freedom and security, but the method's of the world methods bring a false security and slavery. .

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

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A desire is a clue to something you contain inside of you. 

It's an expression of God that He wants to get out into the world. Creating financial security and how God's way leads to security and the other method of security creates a false sense of security which leads to bondage.

God's word tells us that we are coworkers with Him. He will do his part and we must do our part. Yet, the are a lot of Christian circles that think since God is all powerful He will provide more like a genie than a business partner. This relationship is very similar to a farmer.

Just like a farmer who puts seed in the ground, he can only do his part by farming and tending to the seed and crops. His success requires God to send the sun and rain.

There are two passages in Genesis that talk about living off the fat of the land, but each passage uses a differnet word for fat. There is an insight that I want to share with you around the difference of each word and how it relates to you succeeding and serving in your God-given assignment.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

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Did you know that God has given us everything we need for life? Everything is available to you through his "precious and magnificent promises" (2 Peter 1:3-4).You might be thinking, "What are these promises?" They're terms of a covenant that He has made with us.

In today's episode we're going to talk about blood covenants and what that means in the Hebrew culture versus the western world where we think more in terms of contracts. Most of us don't understand the depth of a covenant and what it entails. This was a common thing in the middle east culture and the typical blood covenant had nine steps.

God has put everything in place for you to succeed in your life purpose. The purpose of life is not just trying to survive but to live a life that brings glory to his kingdom and is attractively different.

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No successful person has every reached a high level of success on their own.

In today's episode we're going to discuss why it's so important to connect with other people. The reality is that God created the world so that we would connect with other people and serve his children. We can see this principle in the world around us as most elements in the periodic table are useless unless they're combined with another element.

The fear of financial insecurity is generally what holds us back from making an investment into our growth and into our assignment because we wouldn't hesitate to make an investment into ourselves if we new the result was guaranteed. There might be a belief that we won't get the result which creates a fear that we would have wasted the money.

God created you to succeed in your life purpose, and succeeding in that purpose will require walking in faith.

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What does it mean to be in faith and why is it so important?

In today's episode, we dig into the faith and why it's so important as a believer to live a life characterized by faith. Faith is the way that we can bring God's power into our everyday life. God has given us precious promises that give us everything we need for life AND godliness. Hebrews 11 is one of the most famous passages about faith and it tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God.

Let's dive into how you can build your faith so that you can succeed in your assignment and play your necessary part to growth God's kingdom.

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Your view of work has been most likely been tainted and potentially causing you to, unintentionally, believe that work is about survival.

In today's episode, we dig into the most common perspective of work, and how the idea of retirement actually reveals to us what we believe about work. In the Hebrew language the word for work can also mean worship. And one thing about the Hebrew language is that when the same Hebrew word has multiple definitions then those ideas and concepts are always connected. Which this reveals to us that our work should be worshipful, and it should be to serve God and to serve other people.

Let's take a look at the three beliefs that we have about work and what new beliefs we need to hold in order to bring worship into our work.

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Fear will cause you to forfeit your destiny.

In today's episode we discuss how enemy uses fear against you in order to prevent you from walking in your purpose. This continually shows up and it will show up in three different areas of life. He will tempt you to diminish the small beginnings, he will use the fear of the public to cause you do doubt your purpose, and he will raise the stakes when you're on the verge of taking hold of your destiny.

In order to succeed in your life purpose you must win the battle with fear in your personal life, public life, and in the battle to occupy your destiny. Let's talk about what that looked like for some biblical heroes and how you can apply it to your life today.

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