Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Fireproof Your Future

Future - How to Achieve Your True Destiny God's Way

You will never achieve the true destiny you were created to experience and fulfill if you are just trusting in your understanding and five physical senses. You need to go beyond yourself and your five physical senses. You need to trust in someone other than yourself. You need to trust in someone who has infinite intelligence and ability. Someone who loves you unconditionally and desires only your best. You need to trust God.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil" (Proverbs 3:5,6 KJV).

This article will teach you in 3 Steps how to wean yourself from trusting in yourself and begin trusting in God. You will enter the glorious world of faith where you will have access by faith to God's wisdom, unlimited abilities and resources allowing Him to chart your course and help you in achieving your divine destiny, a destiny that will bring glory to God. Here are the 3 steps:

Step 1 - You must be born again. To be born again means you become born of God by receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Being born of God means you have become a Christian and you have received a new nature:

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV).

If you are not saved, prayerfully and with sincerity ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and give you the grace (His willingness to release His power and ability on your behalf) to live the holy and obedient life He has called you to live. This will set you on the right path to fulfill your divine destiny.

Step 2 - You must be baptized with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. The Holy Spirit is to be your guide through life. His work in your life is multifaceted. He is to be your helper, standby, comforter, counselor, intercessor, strengthener, advocate, guide and teacher. Being the Spirit of revelation, He will reveal Jesus Christ to you. Here are a few scriptures concerning the baptism of the Holy Spirit:

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4 KJV).

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call" (Acts 2:38,39 KJV).

One of the greatest benefits of praying in tongues is the Holy Spirit can pray the perfect prayer for those hidden weaknesses in your life that would hinder God's plan for your life. Romans 8:26,27 expounds on this important benefit of praying in tongues.

You can be saved without receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but you will never fulfill your true destiny while on earth because you will have failed to obey God. He tells us in Ephesians 5:18 to "be filled with the Spirit." You cannot be filled with the Spirit unless you have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Step 3 - You must read and obey the instructions given in God's Word. The Holy Bible is your instruction manual for living on earth. It is God's love letter to you. It explains who God is, why He created all things, why you exist, why you need to be saved, what you become once you are saved, what your inheritance is as a saved child of God and what God would have you to do to please Him to fulfill your true destiny as a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here are some basic things God would have you do when you become a Christian. This will please Him and begin to fulfill His true destiny for your life:

1. Attend an evangelical church. An evangelical church emphasizes "salvation by faith in the atoning (reconciling) death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual."

A. Get involved in a local church to be used of God.

B. Fellowship with other Christians.

C. Avoid relationships and activities that would jeopardize your walk with the Lord.

2. Be baptized in water according to Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38 and Acts 8:36-38

3. Be baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues according to

Acts 2:4

4. Read and obey God's Word daily according to 2 Timothy 2:15

A. Study His Word.

B. Meditate His Word.

C. Speak His Word.

5. Pray daily according to 1 Corinthians 14:15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:17

A. Pray with your understanding.

B. Pray in tongues.

C. Spend a quite time listening to and getting to know the Holy Spirit.

6. Worship the Lord Jesus Christ according to Psalm 29:1,2 and John 4:23,24

A. Have a time of private worship.

B. Have corporate worship in your local church.

7. Witness according to Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20 and 2 Timothy 4:2

A. Share your testimony with the lost.

B. Let your life be a witness to the transforming power of God in your life which will

bring glory to Jesus Christ.

C. Use wisdom in sharing Jesus Christ with others. Pray God will use you effectively

in sharing Jesus Christ with others so you will not bring a reproach on the name

of the Lord Jesus Christ by saying or doing the wrong thing.

8. Walk in God's love according to Matthew 22:37-40 and Ephesians 5:1,2

A. Forgive those who have wronged you.

B. Show kindness to everyone, even your enemies.

C. Pray for your enemies.

9. Be holy according to 1 Peter 1:15,16

A. Think on thoughts (the promises of God etc.) pleasing to God.

B. Turn from all sin.

C. If you do sin, ask God the Father in Jesus' name to forgive you and help you to live

a holy life.

10. Do the works commanded you by Jesus according to Mark 16:15- 20

A. Cast out demons.

B. Speak with new tongues.

C. Lay hands on the sick for their recovery.

This should get you started on a journey that will progressively get better and more exciting as you make the wise and quality decision to love and serve God with all your heart and soul. Trust the Lord to unfold and reveal to you step by step what your specific assignment and role is in the Body of Christ. His destiny for you is glorious. Enjoy the journey.

Remember to always walk in love and forgiveness towards everyone, always obeying God's Word so you don't hinder His perfect will for your life. But if you don't read His Word how will you know what to obey? Please read His Word daily so you will know what to obey, thus fulfilling His will for your life

Sunday, 3 February 2013

Fireproof Your Success in Life

Achieving Success in Life

Most people are searching for the answer to achieving success. Those that have achieved some level of success have commonalities in how they did it. I will give you the top 5 ways you will be able to achieve success. The rest is up to you!

#1 Change your mindset

Your thoughts guide you to be the person you are. If you think that you are not smart, you will not be smart. If you think you will not be successful, you will not be successful. Perform this simple reflection; think about to a time when you completed a task that seemed impossible in the beginning. What was the task? How were you able to complete it? What were you thinking before, during and after the task?

If you are able to answer the questions, you will find that your mindset changed for that one task. Now imagine if you think that way all the time. You will be able to achieve whatever comes your way. Change your mindset!

#2 Believe in your dream

Everyone has dreams. Those that make their dreams become reality believed as such. If you take a look at all that is around us materially, someone dreamed of it. When you believe in your dream, it becomes a goal. Once a dream is a goal, it becomes tangible. You can put a plan in place to achieve that goal. When you achieve your goal, your dream has become reality. Believe in your dream!

#3 Discipline your disappointment

Failure and disappointment are a part of the process of achieving success. Understanding how to deal with failure and disappointment will be the difference in you achieving your goal. Most people will agree that you learn more from losing than you do winning. You will not like losing but what you learn will be more valuable. Failure is a step towards success. Know that you should not be disappointed if you do not meet a goal. You now have the opportunity to get better, learn from any mistakes but most importantly, try again. If your success means that much to you, discipline your disappointment!

#4 Focus your efforts

Focusing your efforts is simple but not truly understood. Focus your efforts on what is necessary to achieve your goal. Recognize through planning what activities are needed to achieve your goal. Develop tasks for those activities, perform and follow up. Focusing your efforts comes from proper planning. Plan well and focus your efforts to execute well!

#5 Mastermind group

It has always been said that "two heads are better than one". Developing a mastermind group (even if only just one other person) will be instrumental in achieving your success. When you are interacting with like-minded individuals, you will get different perspectives. You will also get energy and encouragment. Mastermind groups help all involved because your common goal is to achieve success. You help one another. You support one another. You help each other develop solutions to problems. A mastermind group is all for one and one for all.

Start incorporating these 5 ways to achieve success in your daily life. It will not only change your attitude, it will change your direction. You will be headed down the path of success.

Friday, 1 February 2013

Fireproof Your Entrepreneurship

Achieving Success in Life

#1 Change your mindset

#2 Believe in your dream

#3 Discipline your disappointment

#4 Focus your efforts

#5 Mastermind group

Start incorporating these 5 ways to achieve success in your daily life. It will not only change your attitude, it will change your direction. You will be headed down the path of success.

Fireproof Your Vision Against Vision Killers

Six Deadly Vision Killers

Every individual once had a vision of a better future, a future filled with the good things of life: a good car, a happy family, a beautiful house and perhaps a booming business or career.

Statistics however indicates that more than 60% of people who had such vision never get to their destination.

They end up living average life of regrets and painful memories.

What can be responsible for the death of their treasured visions? They are called vision killers or destiny killers. One may not easily know they are there, but they are deadly and dangerous.

Friends

Fiend will either weaken or strengthen you. They will either draw you closer to your vision or take you farther away from you desired destination. Associating with the right friends is important in actualizing our vision in life. Some friends are deadly, because they will not only kill our vision, but will also ensure that the vision is buried.

The world second richest man- Bill Gates had a childhood friend called Paul Allen.

They both co-founded the Microsoft Corporation which today has become a worldwide brand.

Microsoft was a vision of Bill Gates, who had the good fortune of having a good friend in the person of Paul Allen who helped him actualize the vision.

Watch out for the type of friends you keep!

Pride

Pride is as deadly as a viper. The reason why it is deadly is this: A person may never know he or she is proud. Pride will blind a man to the reality on ground. Humility will cause a man to seek the counsel of others as he navigates his way to his desired destination.

A proud man will never stop to ask for direction in his journey towards self destruction.

Procrastination

Procrastination is defined as the act of postponing task which ought to be done.

It is a great killer of destiny and also of life.

Lack of planning

The reason why so many people fail is because to fail to plan. One of the most wonderful insect the world over is the ant. When it is winter, they store up enough food in their colony. During winter, when the cold is becoming unbearable, they never lack anything; because of the reservoir of food they had stocked pile.

It amazes me, that Ants are better planners than some individuals.

It was not raining, when Noah built the Ark.

He had to plan ahead, because He knew the flood would surely come.

People were mocking him, and calling him names, but he kept on to the plan God had revealed to him.

He refused to be distracted. The United States and other European countries are facing a serious economic crisis, because those at the helm of affairs refused to plan properly.

Laziness

Laziness is a deadly vision killer! For those who are lazy, God instructs them to take a cue from the little ant. Ants are noted for carrying objects that are bigger than them. This is only made possible through sheer hard work and determination. Ants are not only strong, but also hard working. They are not scared of heavy task, but rather take pleasure in lifting these objects to their colony.

As individual, we must not look at how big a task is, but look inward at our God-given ability, and we would find it easier to accomplish task that seemed insurmountable.

For those who are lazy, poverty will surely come to them like armed men unaware.

Lack of foresight

To have foresight, implies the ability to see and think ahead.

It involves the ability to envision possible future problems or obstacles.

When a man has foresight, fresh ideas keep flooding in.

if a man keeps doing the same thing over and over again and he expects a different result that is another definition for insanity.

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Fireproof Your Thinking By Making It Creative

Creative Thinking is the Key to Success in Everything You Attempt - Is it a Faculty You Can Develop?

Every invention; every discovery; every new idea, began with an imaginative thought that originated in the human mind. This has been so since the beginning of time.

There is a general misconception that the ability to think creatively and come up with original new ideas, is a natural talent - like musical ability - possessed only a fortunate few.

But this view is completely erroneous.

Creative thinking is a mental skill. Like any other skill, it can be developed. There are certain steps to be followed. The thought processes involved from the first glimmer of a creative new idea to the successful end result are always the same.

First, the person in whose mind the new idea first originated, identifies the need for the new product or service. This is a strong motivating factor if the need is an urgent one.

Every aspect of the situation is examined to determine how this need can be met.

This is followed by the process of visualizing a satisfactory and successful end result.

The final stage in the process is trial and error.

This requires experimenting with a number of different techniques to determine the most effective way to achieve the desired result.

The same stages in the process have continued from earliest times until the present day.

Let us take as a typical example, the development of the bow an arrow.

The bow and arrow is an example of early man's ingenuity, born out of an urgent need; the need to feed and defend himself.

When primitive man invented the bow and arrow, several thousands of years ago, he used creative imagination to visualize how the flexible branch of a tree could be used in an entirely new and original fashion. He formed a mental image of the branch being bent into a certain form with sinew tied to each end.

It was also necessary for him to visualize which sinew would be most suitable for his purpose. He had to experiment with a variety of sinews from different animals.

The early invention of the bow and arrow was the result of looking at a situation at a new and original fashion. The same creative process has continued to the present day.

The life skills that enable inventors, innovators, artists and designers in every field to put their original ideas into practice, are definite skills that can be learnt and developed.

There are certain steps to be followed in this learning process, but as with every skill, this learning process depends on the quality of the instruction. There is no question, however, that creative thinking, with adequate training is a faculty that everyone can develop.

Dennis Fisher is managing director of financial and investment Companies. In addition to his involvement in many different fields of business, his interests include an in-depth study of various schools of practical psychology with special emphasis on ways to develop the ability to think creatively.

To find out more about powerful techniques that will enhance creative power go to his website: http://www.creativemindpowers.com

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Fireproof your Home Through Insurance

When a person sets up a life insurance plan, their aim is usually to make sure that there would be a sum of money available if they were to pass away unexpectedly. People have various motivations for setting up life insurance, however the main ones are usually to pay off a mortgage or other debt (so that the surviving family members are not stuck with repayments they can't afford), to provide an ongoing income for family (this is particularly important if the person being insured is the main household income earner), and to cover any other final costs (for example funeral costs or legal bills).

For some of these common needs, like covering the outstanding mortgage balance, an insurance lump sum is usually the most useful option. This gives the recipients the ability to cover the whole debt, making sure that this is totally and immediately cleared. For most families, using insurance in this way removes a significant financial burden, as well as relieving the stress that comes with it.

However for other life insurance needs, a lump sum can cause unexpected problems.

One of the main unforeseen issues that a life insurance lump sum can cause arises when the surviving family members are not equipped to deal with a sudden sum of money. Life insurance lump sums can be significant (it's not uncommon for people to be insured for hundreds of thousands or more), and this type of figure, as a cash lump sum, can be quite daunting for many people. This is particularly the case when they don't have the experience or financial literacy to deal with an amount like this. In this type of situation choosing what to do with the life insurance policies might be hard. There could be decisions to make about whether to pay off debt or invest in things like a child's education - and weighing up these choices is not always easy.

Some insurance policies have a built in "financial planning grant", which gives a small additional sum which the survivors can use to engage a Financial Planner to advise them. This type of feature can certainly help.

Another option is to use what is often called a "Family Protection Benefit" or "Survivors Income Benefit". This is an insurance option where, rather than receiving a single lump sum, the recipients will receive a regular monthly income from the life insurance company. This is set at the time the insurance policy is set up - and can be basically any amount, so the family can decide which amount would be needed and insure this figure. The number of years the policy is to pay out for can also be chosen - so people can choose a time period (for example 10, 15, 20 years etc) - that the ongoing income would be needed for.

This type of life insurance option is often used in conjunction with the more traditional insurance lump sum. In this way the lump sum can be used to clear debt such as the mortgage, while the Family Protection Benefit can provide the family with an ongoing income.

Fireproof what you do online

It's a typical day for you, time for you to browse the web, get updates from your social networking sites and do some online shopping. You found a very neat leather bag, the one you believed would never exist, the one that had a mystery compartment -- of course you're not going to waste your time, so you purchase it with your credit card. You wait for a confirmation of your purchase, then what comes instead is a notice that tells you that there's something wrong with your credit line. Wait, how did that occur? You know that you keep tabs on all of your acquisitions and you haven't even gotten fifty percent the designated credit for your card type, you even pay your yearly fees before the due date and make sure there aren't any overlooked payments. Days later, you learned what happened by chance: your credit account got hacked when you made an unsecure transaction. The moral lesson: if you had life lock to guard you online, you could have been saved.

The internet has become a big big world of possibilities; you can improve your persona, generate income and meet lots of people from around the globe. And along with positive possibilities comes the so unwanted negative ones which are delivered by hackers and fraudsters -- thieves who disguise themselves as good guys who want to assist you with business, et cetera. After they get your trust and you permit them to gain access to some of your data (that with just a couple taps and commands inputted by their brilliant hackers), everything you hold dear could vanish, or even worse, you could get blamed for cybercrimes that you never even heard about. You shouldn't be one of the ten million each year who have fallen prey to these identity snatchers, arm yourself and sign up for the best identity theft protection service that you can get.

Current comparisons made by theft labs on five identity theft safety services demonstrated that lifelock has incredible security and restoration capabilities. It works pro-actively with its alert system that constantly monitors for deceptive or fishy dealings made online with your name. They send you notices either through phone or mail and they immediately do the restoration of your name and credibility for you. Now, isn't that remarkable service? You won't have to take such aches and pains to make several phone calls and emails that may even be thought of as non genuine by the company that's been transacted with by the offender. They also remove you from pre-approved credit card offers (which web experts say are well-known identity fraud sources) and junkmail listings that deliver spam which you might provide your information to.

As an added measure where you can participate in checking your protection online, you get free credit reports annually so you can see if there are any distrustful entries relating to your account. You may even avail of their bonus feature for lost wallets or purses -- you are allowed one call to the security company and you may ask for an agent to cancel all your credit cards as well as other accounts and replace all of your identification, and what's great is they are capable of doing this for you even if you lost your wallet or purse in another country.

Don't stress yourself by worrying about identity thieves. Get some secure feeling by allowing life lock to take care of you online.

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