Daily Devotionals

Take Time Out to Speak the Word

John Great May 18, 2015 Becoming A Victor Through Growth, Faith, Self-Improvement, Stories of Successful People, The Habits That Create Success, The Power of the Word 0

How do rich men become rich? I was watching a documentary on Donald Trump. He is well known for his confidence. The researchers for the documentary traced the source of his confidence back to a church he attended when he was a kid, where Norman Vincent Peale was the pastor. He said in an interview that we would always listen to him and read his books back then. Later on, he was quoted as telling someone when he was still a nobody in business – “I’m 29 years. In 5 years time, I’m going to be bigger than anybody in New York”. Today he probably is. Death and life ‭are‭ in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof – Proverbs 18... »

Challenges Come To Build Us Up

John Great May 9, 2015 Diligence, Don't Stop!, Miscellaneous, Self-Improvement, The Habits That Create Success, The Importance of Diligence 0

Life is essentially a training mission. The first reason we are on this earth is to love, or help others. The thing is, we cannot help others until we can help ourselves. Moses’ first qualification for leading the Israelites is having first survived the harshness of the wilderness himself. Life does not throw challenges at us to defeat us. Life throws challenges at us to change us from sissies to winners, from the ignorant to the wise. From the weak to the strong. When you have successfully conguered, you can teach someone else how to conquer. Your life suddenly becomes a light to the world. It becomes one of the solutions in a sea of challenges. Our response to challenges – givi... »

Life Change Through Personality Change

John Great March 24, 2015 Miscellaneous 0

For about 4 years now, I have done a deep study on the effect of personality on life outcomes (or success), and products of that research have been life-changing. For decades, psychologists have sought to find out the connections between a person’s personality and their outcome in life, and there’s overwhelming evidence that your personality IS going to affect how things turn out in your life. I love research. I love statistics. It gives you a feeling that this particular bit of information is not just based on what someone FELT was the right thing, but is actually based on cold, hard, evidence collected from real people/circumstances. There are various ways of classifying person... »

All Things Are Possible

John Great March 23, 2015 Diligence, Don't Stop!, Faith, Goals, Stories of Successful People, The Habits That Create Success 0

Mark 9:21-23 NKJV So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM WHO BELIEVES.” Wow. ALL things. Are you a believer? Then tell the next person who tells you you cannot fulfill your dreams that he just called the Jesus a liar. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM WHO BELIEVES. What are your dreams? Over the weekend, I had a meeting with a man from Kenya, Julian Kyula, the born again Christian who set up a company 4 years ago that helps ... »

Change Your Habits – Change Your Life!

John Great February 20, 2015 A New Beginning, Diligence, Faith, Goals, Motivational Quotes, Self-Improvement, Stories of Successful People, Strength in the Word, Success Tips, The Habits That Create Success 0

. She was the scientists’ favorite participant. Lisa Allen, according to her file, was thirty-four years old, had started smoking and drinking when she was sixteen, and had struggled with obesity for most of her life. At one point, in her mid-twenties, collection agencies were hounding her to recover $10,000 in debts. An old résumé listed her longest job as lasting less than a year. The woman in front of the researchers today, however, was lean and vibrant, with the toned legs of a runner. She looked a decade younger than the photos in her chart and like she could out- exercise anyone in the room. According to the most recent report in her file, Lisa had no outstanding debts, didn’t drink, a... »

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