Banyak Teman banyak Rejeki

Anda pasti sering dengar pepatah ”Banyak anak banyak rejeki.” Nah, kalau saya sih…”Banyak teman banyak rejeki!”

Dalam bisnis internet, punya banyak teman online itu berkah. Ya, mereka adalah sumur uang saya. Ini sangat membantu perkembangan bisnis saya. Dan yang lebih mengenakkan, banyak sekali keuntungannya.

Relasi-relasi online biasanya melakukan dua hal utama. Pertama, hanya mengunjungi situs saya dan melakukan pembelian. Dengan cara ini mereka telah membantu saya mendapat penghasilan. Dan, biasanya saya akan menginvestasikan lagi penghasilan tadi.

Kedua, mereka mempublikasikan situs saya. Wah, ini dia yang paling menguntungkan. Mereka akan merekomendasikan situs saya pada orang-orang lain. Promosi gratis dari mulut ke mulut membuat situs saya populer. Produk-produk saya otomatis ikut terkenal dan laris. Amin…

Iklan dan promosi itu perlu. Syukur-syukur kalau Anda bisa beriklan terus-menerus. Tapi, biasanya Anda akan memberikan alokasi dana yang terbatas. Maklum, beriklan kan tidak gratis. Jadi, iklan ini tergantung pada pemasukan yang Anda peroleh. Dengan kata lain, situs dan produk Anda harus ada yang terus beli kan? Tapi, bagaimana mau beli ya kalau promosinya tersendat?

Bagaimana solusinya?

Anda kan tidak bisa memaksa setiap orang untuk tahu tentang bisnis situs Anda. Yup! Lagi-lagi Anda harus bersyukur punya teman-teman online. Mereka bisa melakukan hal yang tidak bisa dilakukan iklan.

Situs Anda yang sudah kadung terkenal, jadi andalan anda. Ingat, ini gara-gara kemampuan manusia yang bisa meyakinkan manusia lain. Mereka yang sudah membuktikan kualitas situs anda akan terus percaya pada anda. Dan kepercayaan ini menjadi garansi bagi calon-calon pelanggan yang baru. Tidak perlu mengeluarkan biaya untuk iklan. Karena Anda pasti sudah memiliki pelanggan-pelanggan setia.
Luar biasa! ini terjadi karena brand anda sudah mendapat tempat di hati mereka.

Menarik minat orang itu penting namun tidak mudah. Tidak ada minat dari orang lain sama saja situs anda tidak akan laku. Tentunya, anda tidak ingin yang demikian terjadi bukan? Makanya, sering sekali kita dengar nasihat-nasihat marketing untuk terus menarik pelanggan. Dan, pada waktu bersamaan, anda harus memelihara brand agar terus diingat sebagai yang terbaik. Jadi nanti anda tidak perlu khawatir, keuntungan akan terus mengalir.

3 Langkah Mudah Mengembangkan Bisnis di Internet

Ada tiga cara yang biasanya saya lakukan untuk mendapatkan teman sehingga bisnis internet saya terus berkembang dan menguntungkan. Anda boleh menyontek:

1. Rebut perhatian. Ciptakan sebuah pertunjukan. Tampil beda. Demonstrasikan integritas anda. Dan, kembangkan gaya anda sendiri. Ingat, tujuan anda adalah terus mengembangkan bisnis anda dan seluruh dunia harus tahu tentang bisnis anda.
2. Jual diri anda. Mengapa pelanggan memilih situs anda? Bukan milik pesaing? Mengapa teman-teman anda memilih menjadi pelanggan blog anda? Apa yang membuat mereka bertahan? Dan yang lebih penting, masalah apa saja yang sudah anda pecahkan? Website anda sebaiknya memuat kebutuhan-kebutuhan spesifik. Jika tidak, ciptakan suatu masalah. Dan buat solusinya sendiri. Jual diri anda. Maksudnya, populerkan pada orang-orang bahwa andalah satu-satunya orang yang bisa mengatasi masalah itu. situs anda harus jadi situs yang penting dan tak tergantikan.
3. Jagalah pendukung. Pelanggan itu biasanya tidak bisa langsung percaya pada situs kita. Kepercayaan itu datang sedikit demi sedikit. Untuk membuatnya lebih cepat, bergaulah dengan baik. Oya, bagaimana caranya mendapatkan pelanggan setia? Kuncinya, jual saja ide-ide, filosofi dan konsep-konsep. Jangan melulu produk. Kedermawanan, integritas, dan konsistensi juga harus dijalankan.

Langkah-langkah di atas sangat penting. Terapkan dan yakinlah, bisnis internet anda akan terus berkembang.

Anda tahu Markus Frind? Pengusaha asal Kanada yang punya situs PlentyofFish.com. Website terbesar di dunia yang tamunya adalah para pencari jodoh. Tahun 2006 lalu, dari situs yang sepertinya sepele ini, Markus bisa mengantongi $10,000 per hari! Berapa ya penghasilannya dalam satu tahun? Kita pasti iri… $5 sampai 10 juta dolar!

Wow! Fantastis!

Mau seperti Markus? Ayo kita tingkatkan kualitas situs kita. Dan, terus jalin relasi online. Pasti kita bisa menjaring banyak ikan seperti Markus.

By Joko Susilo

Kingly Small Group Dynamics

Kingly Small Group Dynamics

Ministry to Kings - Last weekend we met with six Kings. We've met about quarterly in the past and all our meetings have been a huge blessing. I want to share the simple recipe in this newsletter so that you can experience the same thing.

The Setting - We met in a home (our house) and shared dinner Friday night and breakfast Saturday morning. The sole purpose of this meeting was to fellowship over the meals and share our dreams and pray for one another. Beyond that, structure is minimal. Several who were invited couldn't make it. Andy brought his wife Deborah who is a great addition. She is a manager in an industrial plant, who happens to be very prophetic and really adds a great perspective as a woman. It's been mostly men in the past - for better or for worse.

It's been good to have people who have read Releasing Kings and share the vision. We're all on the same page of multiplying resources for ministry. Howard and Duane have gone to the Philippines and Pakistan multiple times and have seen hundreds to thousands of Muslims saved and healed - Howard is a civil engineer and Duane is a realtor. Everyone has a job or business; none are in church ministry, although they all attend church.

The Ministry - All the guys are comfortable praying for one another and most have a pretty good prophetic sense of where to go with the prayer. There are more details about the specific approach to the ministry time at Start Your Own Group. Basically we just ask each person to share their dream and ask how we can help through prayer or some practical aspect. We try to find a good balance between sharing wisdom among peers and prophetic prayer. We ask the Father's blessing on all these great sons. We even got miraculous results on some physical healing issues. We prayed for John's hearing and he noticed improvement. John's college-age daughter dropped by at on Saturday for prayer. Howard lengthened one leg that had previously been broken... to Amanda's wide-eyed amazement!

The Theme - We found our small group challenged with a common issue that represents something very relevant to others in this marketplace move. "Our dreams are all bigger than our present finances can support right now." We can allow that to frustrate us, but I want to suggest it's normal for your dream to be bigger than your present bank account. Your dream should always be ahead of your resources. God shows us future possibilities so we know where to go and have time to prepare for it.

As Kings, we also can't fall back on offerings from others. Although others may help at times, it's our responsibility and privilege to see financial breakthroughs (it's part of our message). We are stewards and recipients of both an anointing for ministry and an anointing to multiply finances.

The Full Gospel - Several decades ago we used the term "full gospel" to indicate that we don't just preach salvation but we include the Holy Spirit in our disciple making package. We are historically at a similar juncture in this marketplace move to reach the seven mountains. It's time to train new disciples to multiply finances! It's time we learned how to do it ourselves so that the truth we seek to impart is operating in our own lives. Of course, everyone is running into a little resistance and for good reason. This is a huge spiritual battle front that has to go right through the traditions of men to reach the level of blessing Jesus has made available to us as Kings. We'll have to use terms like "wealth" and "riches" and talk about the real meaning of a cup that overflows to bless the nations.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Ps 23:5

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2 Cor 8:9 NIV

Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits — 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Ps 103:2-5 NIV

What if it was commonplace for all Kings to experience a level of abundance that would enable their dreams for ministry to occur now? The Kingdom would probably come on earth as it is in Heaven! People like Howard and Duane would be turning the Philippines upside down... even faster.

"'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matt 6:10 NIV

I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10 KJV


We're Dancing,



John and Sue www.Releasing-kings.com

You're a Character

You're a Character

Ask For Whatever - The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and gave him this invitation: "Ask for whatever you want me to give you." That question is being asked around the world right now. The Holy Spirit is urging us to ask for the desires of our hearts as a means of building the Kingdom. Jesus gave exactly the same invitation multiple times. Our ability to ask for the desires of our hearts and receive answers is the beginning of our spiritual "life and life more abundantly."

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you." 1 Kings 3:5 NIV

See also (Jn 15:7-8, 14:13-14, 15:7-8, 15:15-16, 16:23-24)

Why not ask? - Some Christians have learned to ask but most wouldn't dare ask for their heart's desires with any expectation of an answer from God. We have all made mistakes that we assume disqualifies us from such favor. We not only have the condemnation of our past but we continue to make mistakes (if we try to do anything). In fact, the more Kings are committed to building the Kingdom and pursuing their heart's desire and the purposes of God, the more mistakes we make.

Back to Solomon for a moment. Take a look at the verse preceding his dream:

The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the LORD. 3 Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places. 1 Kings 3:2-3 NIV

Solomon loved God and demonstrated his love my walking in His Ways... "except." That's a big word that indicates God was overlooking a few things in Solomon's character. Let's go a step farther. I want to suggest that most of God's hero's were "characters." Abraham, the father of the faith, tried to pass off his wife as a sister. David, a man after God's own heart, committed adultery and covered it up with murder. Peter denied the Lord 3 times before he fulfilled his destiny.

Here is the reality of our lives. We often behave more like a flock of chickens than a pride of lions. I simply want to suggest that God already knows what we're made of and He sees our goof-ups. Yet, His mercies are new every day.

The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lam 3:22-23 NASU

Our Job - What's God priority? Well, since most of His kids are imperfect characters it appears He is happiest when we simply love Him and are comfortable asking for our heart's desires. God loves people that won't let condemnation dampen their love or their ability to believe. We just accept His forgiveness and realize His mercies are new every morning for a reason.

Focus - Let me share an example from my own life. When I first started sharing in a church setting, I was very self-conscious, said some dumb things that I wished I could take back, and was generally intimidated by the whole process. That's when the Lord showed me it wasn't really about "me." He so loves his people He uses any willing vessel to bless them. So I simply shifted my focus from self to the people God was ministering to. That was the end of nearly all my mistakes. Even if I did make one, I just fixed it and went right on because now I knew that ministry wasn't about me; it was about a communion between the Holy Spirit and the people He desires to touch.

In the very same way, we all have to get over our fear of failures and take our best swing. Will there be some mistakes? Of course! So what? Your alternative is to sit back and watch someone else run with your destiny. Someone will say, "Yes Lord," and move a mountain. Why not you and I?

Get over yourself - You have a checkered past and a questionable future. Get over it. Love God and start the adventure by asking for your heart's desires. God has a low tolerance for introverted, self-righteous Pharisees. Yet God seems to love Peter's, David's, Jacob's... and you - if you step into your destiny and answer His question:

Ask what you wish me to give you. 1 Kings 3:5 NASU

Kings realize this simple premise. We have to ask big to match the majesty of God's love and the magnitude of His purposes. It's not about us, but God has invited you and me to to be his friend and share in a great adventure to bless the nations and love people. Dream big, ask freely, work smart, and expect your cup to run over for the sake of others.

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen Eph 3:20-21 NASU




We're Dancing,



John and Sue www.Releasing-kings.com

mesin-uang-online-dimulai-dari-pikiran-anda

Jauh sebelum menghasilkan uang dari internet, anda baiknya berpikir apa yang ingin anda capai dari bisnis anda. Seberapa besar bisnis online anda nanti?

Sebelum menjawab pertanyaan ini, mari kita bahas kata “besar” di sini. Tentukan porsi “besar”-nya bisnis anda. Bermainlah dengan isi kepala anda. Besarnya bisnis ini yang akan menuntun anda melangkah. Merangkai jalur-jalur bisnis akan memudahkan anda mencapai tujuan bisnis.

Saat anda sudah punya misi besar untuk masa depan anda, anda tak akan ragu melangkah. Meskipun banyak tantangan yang harus anda taklukkan.

Biasanya yang terjadi begini, waktu pertama kali terjun di bisnis online anda mendapat banyak godaan. Benar, saya berani pastikan anda lebih memilih pekerjaan offline anda yang memberikan pemasukan pasti setiap bulan daripada menekuni bisnis internet.

Wajar, setiap orang yang terjun di bisnis internet tidak serta merta mendapat uang besar. Yang kita dapat hanya uang kecil pada awalnya. Selain itu, sering kali pebisnis pemula dihinggapi rasa bosan. Ketika pekerjaan anda menuntut anda untuk duduk seharian penuh di depan komputer, rasa penat pasti gampang muncul. Apalagi, setelah anda duduk ratusan jam dan belum menghasilkan uang yang lumayan.

Nah, di sini anda harus bisa mengendalikan pikiran anda. Tidak ada yang mudah di awal. Kesuksesan pasti selalu datang seiring dengan besarnya usaha yang kita lakukan. Bulan pertama lazimnya kita mendapatkan bayaran yang tidak setimpal dengan usaha, tapi tunggu saja di bulan-bulan berikutnya. Penghasilan anda akan terus meningkat tiap minggunya. Asal, prospek bisnis internet yang anda bangun cerah, masa depan anda juga ikut terang benderang. Contoh, seperti Mas Muklis yang sudah mampu membeli komputer baru dari hasil bisnis online.

Kuncinya: bukan bisnis apa yang bisa membuat anda kaya. Tapi, bagaimana membuat bisnis yang bisa membuat anda kaya raya.

Ingat, bisnis apapun bisa membuat anda kaya. Tak perlu berpikir terlalu jauh. Cari cara bagaimana target pasar anda menemukan produk anda! Itu saja sudah cukup. Selama harga yang anda tentukan bisa dijangkau oleh mereka, pastilah produk anda laris. Mempertemukan kutub “penawaran dan permintaan” ini lebih penting dan menghasilkan.

Selanjutnya, jadikan diri anda berbeda dari orang lain. Jika orang lain menganggap Rp 10 juta adalah jumlah yang besar, maka anda harus berpikiran bahwa Rp 10 juta itu kecil. Tanamkan dalam pikran anda, “dalam sekejap saya bisa menghasilkan uang Rp 10 juta.” Saat orang lain perlu waktu 1 bulan untuk menghasilkan Rp 10 juta, maka anda harus menetapkan Rp 10 juta bisa anda raih dalam waktu sehari.

Berbeda halnya jika anda menganggap Rp 10 juta sebagai jumlah yang maksimal bisa anda dapatkan, selamanya usaha anda akan terpatok di angka Rp 10 juta. Tentu anda tak mau mandeg di penghasilan nominal tertentu bukan? Tanamkan di benak anda bahwa penghasilan anda harus terus bertambah dan bertambah setiap bulan!

Satu hal lagi, saat bekerja tak perlu memantau tumpukan uang yang masuk ke rekening anda. Yang terpenting anda ikut mengalir dalam irama kerja yang sudah anda buat. Saat anda sudah menentukan besar penghasilan, uang akan masuk sendiri ke rekening anda sesuai yang anda harapkan. Ini konsep menghasilkan uang dari internet yang sering orang abaikan.

Pikiran anda akan menentukan langkah-langkah anda. Tapi, jangan lantas hanya berpikir saja. Tetap anda butuh ACTION! Kalau cuma berpikir dan berpikir, uang tak akan menghampiri anda.

5 Kesalahan Mendasar yang Harus Dihindari bagi Anda yang Berniat Memiliki Produk Sendiri

5 Kesalahan Mendasar yang Harus Dihindari bagi Anda yang Berniat Memiliki Produk Sendiri

By Joko Susilo

5-kesalahan-mendasar-yang-harus-diwaspadai-bagi-anda-yang-berniat-memiliki-produk-sendiriBagi anda yang sudah bergabung dengan Formula Bisnis dan Rahasia Blogging, pastinya sangat menyadari betapa penting memiliki produk sendiri. Punya produk sendiri berarti anda sedang merintis tambang uang anda.

Namun begitu, bila saya perhatikan, kadang ada produk yang baru diluncurkan tak lolos dari jeratan kesalahan-kesalahan mendasar. Apa sajakah itu? Berikut ini kesalahan-kesalahan mendasar yang tak boleh terjadi pada anda yang berniat memiliki produk sendiri.

1. Tidak melakukan riset pasar. Hanya berdasarkan intuisi atau keinginan mungkin. Lalu terburu-buru membuat produk informasi. Seharusnya, anda mulai dari meneliti pasar di internet. Bagaimana caranya? Silakan baca 6 cara meriset pasar agar bisnis internet berjalan lancar.
2. Tidak melihat peta persaingan. Di beberapa ceruk pasar mungkin tingkat kompetisinya sudah terlalu tinggi. Bila anda nekad untuk bermain di ceruk tersebut dengan persiapan seadanya, hampir bisa diprediksi kalau bisnis internet anda gagal.
3. Isi produk tidak fokus untuk konsumen. Terkadang kita terlalu asyik dengan diri sendiri saat membuat produk. Kita jadi abai dengan apa yang sebenarnya diperlukan oleh (calon) konsumen kita. Karena itu, camkan baik-baik kalimat berikut di otak anda. Saat membuat produk informasi, selalu tanyakan “apa yang mereka butuhkan? Apa gunanya bagi mereka? Apakah bagian ini bermanfaat bagi mereka?” Kualitas produk anda, seperti disebut Mas Sumartono, menjadi salah satu faktor kepuasan pelanggan.
4. Tak tahu hal-hal yang efektif atau tidak. Kalau yang ini anda akan temukan jawabannya seiring proses. Di awal, ketika anda mencoba berbisnis internet, anda belum tahu mana tempat beriklan yang efektif untuk produk anda, bagian mana dari halaman anda yang perlu diubah dan berefek terhadap penjualan, dan keyword apa yang paling banyak mendatangkan penjualan. Namun sering proses bisnis internet anda, anda akan temukan jawabannya.
5. Akhirnya marketing intinya. Ketika produk anda sudah jadi, pada akhirnya soal marketing yang berbicara. Banyak sekali mungkin produk yang bagus, namun tak jadi laris manis karena marketingnya tak jalan. Atau mungkin jalan, namun setengah-setengah. Atau langkah marketing jalan, namun jalan marketing yang diambil keliru.

Soal marketing pada intinya sederhana: “anda membawakan produk yang tepat pada orang yang tepat, dengan cara yang tepat, dan dalam waktu yang tepat!”

10 CARA MEWNINGKATKAN PRODUKTIVITAS KERJA

Menjadi lebih produktif sudah tentu menjadi keinginan anda. Sayangnya, sering kali tak banyak yang bisa melakukannya.

Mungkin sering banyak halangan, baik dari dalam diri maupun dari luar, yang menghambat kerja anda. Sehingga apa yang anda lakukan menjadi tidak efektif.

Tidak efektif menyebabkan anda tidak produktif. Padahal, kita semua tahu kalau produktivitas berhubungan dengan kesuksesan anda.

Bagaimana solusinya?

1. Tuliskan rencana kerja anda. Sebaiknya tulis di kertas atau papan yang mudah terlihat. Bukan di alat elektronik seperti handphone. Dan dalam setiap daftar rencana kerja anda, tentukan prioritas kerja anda. Buat prioritas dari yang menurut anda paling penting sampai yang kurang penting.
2. Tuliskan aktivitas yang harus anda hindari. Selain memiliki daftar pekerjaan yang harus anda lakukan, tuliskan juga aktivitas tidak produktif yang harus anda hindari. Misalkan nonton televisi tanpa kenal waktu. Dan berjanjilah anda tak melakukan aktivitas-aktivitas tersebut sebelum pekerjaan-pekerjaan anda selesai.
3. Lakukan pemanasan. Sebagian orang kadang memerlukan pemanasan sebelum bekerja. Misalnya dengan minum kopi atau teh terlebih dulu. Bila anda termasuk orang yang memerlukan pemanasan sebelum beraktivitas, lakukan saja. Yang penting, itu bisa membuat anda lebih enjoy dalam bekerja.
4. Fokus pada apa yang anda kerjakan. Satu pekerjaan, satu waktu! Sulit kalau anda melakukan banyak hal dalam waktu bersamaan. Sebab fokus anda akan terbagi. Mulai dari tugas prioritas anda. Pusatkan perhatian dan konsentrasi anda untuk mengerjakan pekerjaan tersebut sebaik-baiknya. Jangan berpindah ke pekerjaan lain sebelum selesai. Ingat, fokus!
5. Tetapkan batas waktu. Ini akan mendorong anda untuk mengerjakan setiap pekerjaan dengan cepat.
6. Tandai pekerjaan yang selesai. Setiap daftar pekerjaan yang sudah selesai, tandailah. Boleh dengan memberi centang atau mencoretnya. Ini akan memacu anda untuk segera menyelesaikan pekerjaan-pekerjaan berikutnya.
7. Ambil istirahat. Tentukan waktu untuk beristirahat. Misalkan setiap dua jam sekali anda mengambil istirahat 15 menit. Ini bisa anda gunakan untuk meregangkan otot atau meminum teh hangat.
8. Belajar membaca cepat. Tingkatkan terus kecepatan membaca anda. Tips membaca cepat seperti disampaikan di blog Fikrul Mustanir.
9. Mengetik lebih cepat. Maksimalkan kesepuluh jari anda dan hapalkan shortcut khusus yang akan membantu anda mengetik lebih cepat.
10. Patuhi peraturan anda. Rencana-rencana kerja yang sudah anda buat tadi bukan hanya untuk dipajang saja. Patuhi dan lakukanlah dengan sebaik-baiknya.

Melakukan ke-10 cara di atas dijamin produktivitas kerja anda akan meningkat drastis. Buktikanlah!

Salam ACTION!

BY Joko Susilo ST

What's your dream?

What's Your Dream?
Secret of Leadership - One of the great secrets of leadership is that God didn't design people to do what they are told. We're all designed to follow the desire of our heart. We can not teach anyone one "how to" until we know "what to." It's a Kingly value system that we'll be teaching this weekend in Sebring. We all need to know three things about those around us:
1.What's your dream?
2.What's the next step?
3.How can I, or someone I know, help you take the next step?
Friends should be asking these questions. Leaders must ask them. Leadership, both in the church and secular management, was built around the philosophy of articulating a vision and getting everyone to sign up... be committed, obey the vision, serve the corporate goal, be in unity around the larger purpose. It's not a bad philosophy, it just works better with robots than people.
People that do serve in someone else's vision are often happy to do so until they mature spiritually to the point that they can see their own. Often spiritual maturity usually takes a path through being faithful in that which is another man's before we receive our own. It's a good thing unless you get stuck there.
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Luke 16:12-13 KJV
The foundation - Why don't we normally ask those three questions? Our tradition is that we believe we're servants waiting on God to move sovereignly or guide us to take the next step. The core of our identity is obedient servants that wouldn't dare have an independent dream. Our very identity is at war with our heart's desires. In fact, many believers can't tell you their heart's desires because they have denied them as carnal for so long. Listen to what Jesus said regarding this topic.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other. John 15:14-17 NIV
Identity change - We're God's friends. We play a role is designing our own destiny. It's through those conversations with the Father that we offer up our heart's desires and make decisions to pursue them. Jesus is also making known to us what the Father is doing to build the Kingdom. That's relevant. I love to release Kings because it's both the desire of my heart and the desire of the Father's heart.
Authority - When we give ourselves permission to pursue a dream and "determine" a course, our subconscious lines up to work with us instead of sabotaging our efforts. Religious people are internally conflicted and usually working against their own heart's desires out of obedience. Kings have an internal alignment that gives them authority and creativity. New ideas and opportunities flow toward those who are not double-minded.
The second level of alignment is with the Father. We're doing what we are designed to do plus we're flowing with what the Father is specifically doing in the present season. The result is fruit that lasts. The things we work on have a real effect and we sense the Father saying "well done" when we're finished.
Jesus simply states, "The Father will give you whatever you ask in my name." That's an amazing statement that servants just don't get. You have to be a King to ask for the desires of your heart.
Love each other - The capstone of all ministry and encouragement is love. When you help another brother or sister get in touch with the desires of their heart, you're raising them from servant to friend. It feels so good to talk to the Father and play a role in the Kingdom doing what the Father is doing. Finding out that our heart's desires are mapped right into God's plan is a jailbreak kind of revelation upon which reformations are built... and parties are started. I love this stuff. I love living the life it produces. It's FUN.
John and Sue www.Releasing-kings.com