Podcast - The Greg Lancaster Show, Live from the Glory Zone.

In this wisdom moment found in Proverbs 22:7, Greg shares that one of the big worldwide protests today called Occupy Wall Street, it speaks, in a fragmented, unorganized way, for what it claims is the "99%", who allegedly say that they are being ruled over by the 1%, the ones that have the wealth. They are allegedly saying that this can be resolved by taking from the 1% and giving it to the 99%. The 1%, the wealthy, are saying get wealth for yourself if you'd like to rule, but don't take our wealth so you can rule. God says, the rich rule over the poor. What does this mean to us, the individual? It means if we'd like to be among the leaders, that we need to do our business well, manage our finances as God instructs us and He will place us in places of leadership.

All the while the 99% are protesting more and more about how the 1%, the wealthy, rule over the 99%, they continue to borrow money they can't repay, followed by being shocked that they are getting more and more bound to the leadership of the 1%. GOD SAYS, "The borrower is servant of the lender"

The following statistics illustrate this point:

- The average credit card debt per household: $15,956.

-There 609.8 million credit cards held by U.S. consumers according to "(The Survey of Consumer Payment Choice," Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, January 2010).

-Average number of credit cards held by cardholders: 3.5, as of yearend 2008 (Source: "The Survey of Consumer Payment Choice," Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, January 2010)

We can protest, we can march in the streets, we can shout from the roof tops how unjust we feel we're being treated, but if we keep borrowing more and more money we'll be bound more and more to the ones we borrow it from including governments!

God's Words never changes. If we change, believe and operate under God's Word, and His Wisdom, then and only then can we expect to be free.

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We receive more information in a day than our great grandparents possibly received in a lifetime. Greg, John, and Pat discuss how we need to cut all this information down to what matters most. Much of the Church is saying they don't have time to abide with God in the morning before heading to work to the job God gave them, in the a car God provided them so they can pay for the home God blessed them with and everything else they have. The truth is you can't manage time but what you can manage is your vision based upon your values. Often times what matters most in your life is being compromised by what matters the least. We only have one life and we will give an account for what we did with the time God has given us. It's time to seize the moment, get vision, live within your values, and manage the events in your life and produce fruit in keeping with your vision and values. There will be a time when others will lead you by your hand but until then it's time to live our lives before God by walking out value based vision management.

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Greg shares perspective by sharing a couple of situations from his own life and shares about a pair of eyeglasses that wouldn't fit correctly on his face. After being frustrated and very concerned with not being able to see properly Greg kept visiting the store seeking for the store to remedy this issue and fix the glasses. After several visits they let Greg in on the problem. They told him one of his ears was lower than the other and that's why he was unable to see properly. The problem was never with the glasses or the store but with the fact that Greg had one ear lower than the other. Greg, John, and Pat discuss that often times when there is an issue or problem going on we instantly look outside of ourselves for the problem when in reality maybe it's us with the problem and not someone else. If things are not going right, maybe things are going crazy, be brave enough to look in the mirror and find out if the issue is you. The benefit of finding out the truth is you can fix it. Consider that maybe that it can be you. Evaluate yourself and begin by working on you first.

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In this moment of wisdom found in Proverbs 19:2, Greg shares how you can be full of zeal and haste and do what you are doing without knowledge. He continues to share that if you follow someone who has zeal without knowledge, you too will end up very tired, worn out and nowhere or worse, in captivity, as they are, as you find out they didn't have a clue what they were doing, while they were doing it, and they didn't even know how they got there. It's important to seek the knowledge of God and wisdom for what you feel you are called to do in your life. Knowledge doesn't stop zeal; on the contrary, it causes not only one's zeal to be meaningful, but fruitful, productive and long lasting. Abiding is one key way to seek The Lord's will and knowledge for what you are called to do.

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Greg, Pat, and John discuss how Reverend Billy Graham was consistent and steady throughout his life and ministry and through the tenure of many U.S. Presidents as was the faithful and consistent ministry of the prophet Jeremiah through Israel's many years of transition. God raises up prophets to speak to his people. God is speaking to the Church; if you'll listen and turn to God you can keep the land. Jeremiah spoke to God's people but they weren't listening to him. If you will just listen and take God's warning prior to everything taking place you will make it. It's not over until God says it's over. God is loving on us when he is warning us, he says he won't harm you and is offering pain relief. Just like God's prophets of old warned the Israelites, God's Prophets today are warning the church not to provoke him to anger. The answer is simple we just have to turn to him and leave other "gods", such as money and anything else man is worshiping in place of the one true God. According to George Barna nearly 97 percent of the church does not honor God with their tithes and offerings. God has a jealous love for his people all he wants is for us to turn our hearts to him and not to harm us but we must stop provoking him to anger, if we do we can keep the land.

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Dr. King Helps us Vote; Values

Greg, John, and Pat share that, with only 17 days until the election, it's not about voting for parties or a person but it's about voting our values. They continue to discuss what Dr. Aveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many other Christian leaders such as Bishop EW Jackson, and Dr. Tony Evans are all saying it's time to vote God's values not parties. They continue to share how important it is as a believer and as a citizen in the Republic of the United States of America to play an active role in getting educated on the policies and on the candidates in terms of their values to ensure they are the same as your values. The United States of America because it's a republic, a representative form of government, ensures that all citizens, Americans, have equal representation in government.

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In this moment of wisdom found in Proverbs 18:6, John shares how throughout the book of Proverbs there is a continual comparison between the actions of fools and those who have godly wisdom. Proverbs tells us that foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. He continues to share how a fool's lips bring him strife, disturbance of peace, in his or her life and the power of words to either build up or destroy. It's time to let go of foolish ways and to abide and get God's word in us to chip away at the foolishness so that you will have a reservoir of God's word in you that will allow you to speak out of the overflow of what has been deposited, God's word.

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John, Pat, Chris share how one of satan's strategies is to use offense as a way to isolate people from good Godly relationships. To divide spouses from each other, children from parents, church from the pastor and also but not mentioned in the program from God. In Matthew 24:10 the Bible tells us that many will be offended and will betray and hate each other. John, Pat, and Chris continue to share how having expectations of others and an inability to forgive offended by others. It's a trap designed to separate and isolate you. You can make a choice today to promote love and not promote offense. It is to one's glory to overlook an offense Proverbs 19:11.

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John and Chris share and discuss as Pat recalls the transformational power of coming to God and having godly relationships with other men in small groups where he was encouraged and challenged to be a godly husband and father. He remembers the first scripture he ever memorized Romans 12:1-2 and realized that he was on a path of transformation. He continues to share how God supernaturally changed his heart toward his son and his journey of God forming character in his life where once he wondered how God could ever use him to today and how God is miraculously using him.

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John, Pat, and Chris share regarding the shrinking police departments in two of the largest crime ridden cities in America: Detroit, Michigan and Camden, NJ. Detroit's unemployment is almost triple the national average of 7.8 percent and has a poverty rate of above 37 percent while the city of Camden is dismantling their city police to hire non-union officers that will police the county. Crime has gotten so bad in Detroit that the police are warning visitors to enter Detroit at their own risk. These cities no longer have the revenue to pay officers what they have been paying them. As the economy continues to decline and is headed over a fiscal cliff John, Pat, and Chris share that the only hope for America is a repentant church that begins to honor God with their finances according to George Barna only 3 percent of the Church tithe. The world economy will change when God's people repent and not only honor God with their lips but honor God with their heart and give to God what belongs to him.

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