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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.......4

Looking at the person in the mirror......4

Letting go of past and present anger ........8

Learning to love YOU ..............11

The control of the mind ........15

Imprisoned by your own thinking .......18

Breaking the generational curse ......22

Your future is based upon your decision today .....26

CONCLUSION .........31


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1.0INTRODUCTION

Looking at the

person in the mirror

1.1 - HOW do you see the

person in the mirror?

Here is the first of many pages that the Lord allowedme to create. I believe this first page will be the most

difficult for most. That is, if you are willing to be real

with yourself. Much like the children of Israel, I spentalmost 40 years in my own wilderness experience. I

floundered for many years in the wilderness of my ownindecision before reaching what I consider GodsPromise Land. There are many, however, who fail to

enter into their Promise Land because of unbelief.My

prayer for you is that this will not be your experience. I

thank God that He uses even our failures for His glory.My life has been both an example and a warning. I am

grateful for all the ways my life has been utilized as an

instrument for Gods glory.

1.2 - WHO is the person

in the mirror today?

Do you know who you are today? If you do not, you

will never be able to move forward in Gods blessingsfor you. Most people plow through these questions

with the wrong attitude. Their goal is just to read the

material. But they read without understanding. Theyfail to see the immediate impact of the questions on

their lives. This is not about me. This is all about you.

Like I tell my children, You have to know when it is

about you and when it is not about you. Only then canyou move forward in life. Is the person in the mirror a

hard person to get along with, an easy-going person, a

lazy person, a person seeking the path of leastresistance, a hard-working person, a troubled person, a

jealous person? WHO are you? If my words seem to be

repetitive, bear with methere is a reason for themadness. Most of us go through life doing the same

thing repeatedly but expecting different results. Albert

Einstein said, Insanity:doing the same thing over and

overagain andexpecting different results.The reasonthey make first grade seats so small is so we wont fitat age 18.Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a

new creature: old things are passed away: behold, all

things are become new (2 Corinthians 5: 21).


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1.3 - WHAT is it like to

look at the person in the

mirror?

For the first time in my life I can truly say, I am

pleased with the person I see in the mirror. I am nowable to look in the mirror and smile back at the person

smiling at me. To look in the mirror today is awonderful thing, because I can see where God hasbrought me. So what is it like for you to look in the

mirror? Do you find it painful to look at yourself, not

because of your outward appearance but because of

how you feel on the inside? Many of us judge othersand ourselves by what we see on the outside instead of

what is on the inside. Do not judge according to

appearance, but judge according to righteousness(John 7:24). Man looks on the outward appearance,

but God looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). The most

corrupt part of the human race is often that which goesunseen. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,

hypocrites: for you make clean the outside of the cup

and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion

and excess (Matthew 23: 25).

1.4 - WHY should you


mirror?

Examine yourselftoseewhetheryouare in thefaith.

Prove yourself (2 Corinthians 13:5). It is paramountthat we examine ourselves instead of looking towards

someone else. It has been said, When you point your

finger, threefingers pointback at you. So many timeswe want to condemn others for the mistakes they have

made while ignoring the person in the mirror and the

role we may have played in the incident. It is very easyto blame others for our downfalls: wife, friend,

employer, children and even the judicial system. In

reality, the only person you can blame is the person in

the mirror. Just to repeat a statement I made earlier,You have to know when it is about you and when it isnot about you. Only then can God bring about

maturity in your life. Let us search out and examine

our ways, and turn back to the Lord (Lamentation: 3:

40).

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1.5 - WHERE is the

person at in the mirror

today?

Where are you today as a person? Are you still full of

anger, jealousy and hatred? Are you still like the

people in the wilderness, taking a 40-year journeywhen it should only have taken three years? We could

be a great dealfarther in life if we let go and let GOD,but again, as people we like to have control and wecant go to the next realm of life because we will not

let GOD have full control. So we are stuck with all

these problems, and where are we? In the wilderness

for another 40years. Are you with God or man? Whereare you today in your mirror? Yet in this thing you did

not believe the Lord your God. Who went in the way

before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tentsin, in fire by night, to show you? By what way you

should go and in a cloud by day, and the Lord heard

the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, togive unto your fathers. Surely there shall not one of

these men of this evil generation see that good land,

which I swore to give unto your father (Deuteronomy

1: 32-35).

1.6 - WHEN should you


mirror?

Most of us arrogantly look at the person in the mirror

when things are going well. As human beings we dontwant to face reality when things start to go bad. If we

only look in the mirror when things are going well,

how can we know when God is working in our life?Ive learned to look in the mirror on a daily basis,

whether or not things appear to be going well. Ive

learned that I have to take the bitter with the sweet.You also have to look at yourself in the mirror on a

daily basis in order to see your faults and not the faults

of others. And why do you look at the speck in your

brothers eye, but do not consider the plank in your

own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, let me

remove the speck from your eye: and look, a plank is

in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank

from your own eye, and then you can see cleanly to

remove the speck from your brothers eye (Matthew

7: 3-5).

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Letting go of past

and present anger

2.1 - HOW do you let go

of past and present

anger?

In order to let go of past and present anger, you firsthave to learn to deal with self, because that is where it

all begins. Well, lets take a look at the big picture.

Right now you might say, My mother makes meupset or it could be your brothers and sisters, or

teachersmaybe even your wife or husband, evenyour boss. At this point of your life you are lettingpeople control you. When someone gets you upset,

they have control of your day, even your tomorrow in

some cases. The root of this anger problem is within

you. Most of the time, this is because things are notgoing your way or are not like you envision them.

There is nothing wrong with being angry. The

important thing is how you control yourself in youranger. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go

down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil

(Ephesians reads 4: 26, 2).

2.2 - WHO controls your

past and present anger?

This should be an easy one for us all. We want to

blame everyone else for our anger, which is why webecome extremely angry and so on. In spite of this, let

me bring you back to reality. You do not have to let

anyone control who you are today. The only one whoshould be in control of your life is God. Many of you,

like me, will go through life and miss out on your

blessing because of your anger. I, for example, missed

out on good jobs and relationships. A fool gives fullvent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under

control (Proverbs 29:11).

2.3 WHAT controls your

past and present anger?

For many of us, it would be people, places and things;

people as in mother, father, brother and sister, or

spouse,places as in clubs, schools, churches, home andwork, or things as in bills, food, clothes, and drugs or

alcohol. Now you wonder why I would use church in

this. You would be amazed how many of us leavechurch with more anger than when we arrived. Instead

of letting anger control your life, let the peace of

God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called inone body: and be ye thankful (Colossians 3: 15).

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2.5 - WHERE did your

past and present anger

come from?

So where did your past and present anger come from?

Many of us will say we inherited it from our parents,

the streets, or some may even say they were bornangry. All of these answers are correct. We were all

born into sin through Adam and Eve. It also takes time

for anger to develop in an individual. Those entertained

in our lives often accelerate anger. People often blametheir surroundings for their actions, such as the case of

the person who blames alcohol or drugs for crimes they

commit. I believe they would have committed thecrime regardless, but their drug of choice just made

them act a little quicker. No, I am not trying to give an

excuse for your anger problems. However,

acknowledgement is the first step towards a solution.You have a choice to make. The wonderful thing about

the God we service: He gives us choices. Make nofriendship with an angry man: and with a furious man

thou learn his ways, and get a snare to the soul

(Proverbs 23: 24-25).



mirror?

You can only gain control over your present anger after

you have let go of your past anger. Many of us cannot

let go of the past anger, so we have to not only dealwith the past anger, but also the present anger. In order

to succeed in life, you have to let go of the past inorder to have control over the future that God hasprepared for you. Trust in the Lord with all your

heart: and lean not unto your own understanding. In

all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy

paths (Proverbs 3: 5-6).


control your past and

present anger?

You cannot do anything with anger present in yourbody. You are unable to do a good job or have a good

relationship with your wife or husband, children,

family, friends or even coworkers. You cannot evensee a bright future for yourself or the blessing that God

has for your life. I missed out on so many familyevents being controlled by my own anger. Life is tooshort to be tripped up by your own anger or anyone

elses. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and

clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with

all malice: and be kind to one another, tenderhearted,forgiving one another, even as God for Christs sake

hath forgiven you (Ephesians 4: 31-32).

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Learning to love

YOU

3.1 - HOW do you learn

to love yourself?

Many times in life, you cannot love yourself or anyoneelse because you do not know how to love spiritually.

How do you feel about yourself? What makes you

tick? What are your goals in life? What plans do havefor the future? What are your desires for your children?

What are some of your relationship goals? These are just a few of the things you need to consider whenlearning to love yourself. Set goals and make plans for

your future. You should not live haphazardly, just

taking things as they come. True love is always

purposeful, beginning in the spiritual realm andmanifesting itself in the physical realm. Spiritual love

origin is rooted in God and not ones self or the flesh.

In order to love spiritually, you must first love God,and the love of others will be the byproduct of your

love for God. A new command I give you: Love one

another. As I have loved you, so you must love oneanother. By this all men will know that you are my

disciples, if you love one another (John 13:34-35).

3.2 - WHO told you to

love yourself?

We should not have to learn to love ourselves, but we

do. We try so hard to love others, but we often forget

to love ourselves. When relationships fail, as they sooften do, we are left trying to love ourselves. The only

someone who will tell you that you have to love

yourself before you can love them is someone who

truly cares about you. If you do not love yourself, youwill never be able to love someone else, no matter how

hard you try. The way you appropriately love yourself

is by beginning with loving God first, then others, andeverything else will fall into place. The Bible says so

many things about love, about loving God and loving

one another. The Bible speaks about a love that is God-centered, not self-centered. The flesh is extremely

arrogant, prideful and self-centered. God, being all-knowing, knows the only way we can truly love

ourselves is through Him and others. As we practice

loving God and others through the Spirit of God, webegin to love ourselves appropriately as a child of the

living God. My charge to you is to begin accepting the

love of God and begin loving others and you will learnto love yourself. The LORD preserves all them thatlove him (Psalm 145:20).

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3.3 - WHAT makes you

want to learn to love

yourself?

I could answer this and other questions for you, but noone knows YOU better than you do. As stated earlier,

This isnt about me, this about you! If you still have

no idea what makes you want to learn to love yourselfat this point, you are still in the wilderness. You have

not released your life over to God so that he can leadyou through the wilds of life. For God so loved theworld, that he gave his only begotten son, that

whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have

everlasting life (John 3:16). So if God loves you this

much, that He gave His only son, what more do youneed to learn in order to love yourself?

3.4 - WHY do you have to

love yourself?

It is very important how you feel about yourself andothers, but it is more important why you love Jesus

Christ. When I first started writing this workbook,

people wanted me to sugarcoat the word of the LORD,but whether this workbook makes a big hit or miss, I

will not allow myself to do so. I know it seems as if I

am getting off track, but give me a minute. My WHY,

to love myself, can only be based upon the love I havefor the LORD. As I allow the love of the LORD to

reside within me, his love is manifested to me as well

as others. This is why the Lords will is manifested inmy life as I serve Him with a cheerful heart. If you

love me, you will keep my commandments (John

14:15). Our love is made perfect through obedience. I

show how much I love myself by doing the LORDSwill in love. You cannot do any eternal work with

hatred in your heart. We love him, because he first

loved us (1 John 4:19).

"Focus on w here you want to go, not on what you fear."

-Anthony Robbins

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3.5 - WHERE did you

learn to love yourself?

As a child, my mother taught me to love myself. As ateen, the world taught me how to hate myself. You

may believe that hate is a harsh word, but if we are

real with ourselves, we all experience this emotion atsome point in our lives. In times of great

disappointments, life can seem very hopeless, and it isin those times we begin to hate our very existence. Inour despair, we give GOD a chance. He begins to mold

us through our circumstances. We become as little

children once again. The LORD shows us how to love

ourselves as well as others. Where there is peace, thereis love. And the peace of God, which transcends all

understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds

in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4: 7).

3.6 - WHEN did you learn

to love yourself?

Many times, we do not start to love ourselves until we

reach rock bottom. Everyone has a different bottom toreach. My rock bottom was loneliness when I was

incarcerated. I felt all alone, and there was no one there

to comfort me. The LORD spoke to me through hiswords, My child, I will never leave you nor forsake

you. That is when I knew, if God could love me, I

could learn to love myself. I will never leave thee,

nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, the Lord

is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do

unto me(Hebrews13:5-6).

"One important key to success is self-

confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." -Arthur Ashe

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The control of the

mind

4.1 - HOW is your mind

being controlled today?

How is your mind being controlled? Do sex, drugs,money, clothes, relationships, power, fame, cars, and

so on control you? We grant so many things access

into our minds gate. We say we love the LORD withall our heart, but do we trulylove Him like we say we

do? When we allow the things of this world to controlus, we cannot truly love the LORD as we ought.Letting the LORD have full control of your mind

would be the best thing for you, and everything else

will fall into place. A good name is rather to be

chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather thansilver and gold (Proverbs 22: 1).

4.2 - WHO controls your

mind today?

WHO controls your mind? Do your loved ones, friends

or even strangers on the street? Who on earth controls

your mind? People once controlled my thinking. Notonly did people control my mind, but a host of other

things, as well. I would like for you to think about your

own life, and apply your thoughts to some paper,

because its very important that you find out what hascontrol over your mind and to let it go if its not for

you. If its not of GOD, its not good for you. But

among you there must not be even a hint of sexualimmorality, or any kind of impurity, or of greed,

because these are improper for God's holy people

(Ephesians. 5:3).

4.3 - WHAT controls your

mind today?

What controls your mind? Do people, money, emotions

and things of this world have a stronghold on yourmind? Nothing happens you do not allow. You control

your life by the things you think. Trash in, trash out.

If the things of God are not controlling you, the flesh,

the world or the devil is controlling you. Therefore,whether the things control your mind stated above or

other things that are not of GOD, the result will be

trash. I am a living testimony. Let not your heart envysinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day

long (Proverbs 23:17).

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learn to control your

mind?

Having control of your mind makes a great manythingseasier to see in life, and life will go a great deal

smoother for you. I am not saying things will not get

tough for you, because I would not be telling the truth.What I am saying is if you do not have restraint over

your mind, you will make more mistakes in life,whereas if you have control over your mind, you makefewer such mistakes. To control your mind is to control

your future. The blessings of God are the result of a

controlled mind. Do not be anxious about anything,

but in everything, by prayer and petition, withthanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the

peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will

guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus(Philippians, 4: 6-7).

4.5 - WHERE are you

with your mind in

control?

You believe that you have your mind in check. What

are you doing to make an impact in the lives of others?

Earlier I said this is about you, but being about you

will also mean being about others. As stated earlier,You have to know when its about you and when its

not about you. When you figure that out, you will

begin drawing closer to both God and your fellow man.You have heard that it has been said: thou shall love

thy neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say unto you,

Love your enemies, bless them thatcurse you, do good

to them that hate you, and pray for them whichdespitefully use you, and persecute you (Matthew,

5:43-44).

4.6 - WHEN are you in

control of your mind?

Do you think you are in control of your life? Often we

believe we are in control of our lives, when in reality

we are not.Those times when you think you have themost control of your life is when things are about to

fall apart. It is in those times that you have nowhere to

turn but to the Lord. You never really have controlover your life. Our very existence is dependent upon

the Lord. You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose

mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You

(Isaiah 26: 3).

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Imprisoned by your

own thinking

5.1 - HOW has your

thinking imprisoned you?

Has your negative thinking imprisoned you? What haserroneous thinking cost you? Has it cost you your job,

a relationship, friends or family? What has negative

thinking cost you? Has it cost you time with lovedones? Have imprisoned thoughts caused you to do the

wrong thing, thinking that is was right? Is your life acycle of desiring to do right but the wrong thing seemsto happen? How long will you be imprisoned by the

way you think? How long will you continue to lose

loved ones or let them down because of your

imprisoned thoughts? For you have spent enough timein the past doing what pagans choose to do--living in

debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and

detestable idolatry (1 Peter 4: 3).

5.2 - WHO has you

mentally imprisoned

today?

WHO has your mind so imprisoned that you cannot

think straight? Who is to blame for all of this madnessgoing on in your life? Who has you mentally

imprisoned, is it your spouse, your boss, your teacher,your family or your friends? You may blame all these

people, but the bottom line isyou are to blame for your

imprisoned thinking. It is time to release yourself from

imprisoned thinking and begin thinking Christ-like.Lie not to one another, seeing that you put off the old

man with his deeds; and have put on the new man

whichis renewed in knowledge after the image of himthatcreated him (Colossians 3:9-10).

5.3 - WHAT imprisoned

your way of thinking

today?

What has your thinking so confined that you cannot see

your potential in the Lord? How long will you tolerateyourself being detained by your thinking? What will

your imprisoned thinking cost you? Loss of loved

ones? A job perhaps? Make a list of what yourimprisoned thoughts have cost you. Begin to replace

old negative thoughts with newly-acquired positive

thoughts. I refuse to allow myself to be imprisoned bythe things of this world any longer, and I pray that you

will choose likewise. You were taught, with regard toyour former way of life, to put off your old self, whichis being corrupted by its deceitful desire; to be made

new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the

new self, created to be like GOD in true righteousness

and holiness (Ephesians 4; 22-24).

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5.4 - WHY have you

allowed your way of

thinking to imprison you?

Many of us go through life without an inkling of whythings are the way they are. A great deal of thetime we

just do not have the answer for the troubles we

encounter in the course of a day. We ask why inthose moments when we are caught up in our

imprisoned thinking. It is in our captivity that we seeka reason to our why. Why are all these things goingwrong in my life? We find it hard to believe that God

is working amidst the chaos in our lives. But until we

let go of the why this and why that, allowing GOD

to do what only He can do in our lives, we will alwaysbe stuck on the why of life. Asking the question

why is often a byproduct of fear, not faith. Why

cant I do this? On the other hand, why did I do that?Either way, we are afraid to let go and let GOD. This

fear keeps us from reaching the next level that God has

in mind for us. We can never obtain what God has forus by looking back. God has not given us the spirit of

fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind

(2Timothy 1:7).


imprisoned thinking come

from?

Imprisoned, means to be incarcerated, locked up,confined, or put away; whatever the case, you are

failing to live life to its fullest potential. Imprisoned

thinking is deeply rooted in some people, and in others,

it sits at the surface level. Wherever you may findyourself, acknowledgment is the beginning ofliberation. You can no longer allow entities outside

yourself to control you. You have come too far to

return to your old ways of thinking. However, if youare still allowing others to control you, it may be

needful that you return to the beginning as a reminder

that nothing should hold power over you other than theLORD Himself. Wherefore seeing we also are

compassed about with so greata cloud of witnesses, let

us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so

easily beset us, and let us run with patience the racethat is set before us. Looking unto Jesus the author and

finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2).

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5.6 - WHEN were you

imprisoned by your own

thoughts?

Your thinking imprisons you when you make decisionsindependently of God. It starts out well because you do

not see anyone hurt by your decisions. You believe it is

all about you. Now it is time for a reality check.Everything you do affects someone or something else.

There are no exceptions to this rule. It is hard to escapewhen you are ensnared by your own thinking. For thisreason, it is needful that we seek the Lord for guidance

in all that concerns us. I will instruct thee and teach

thee in the way which thou shall go; I will guide thee

with my eye (Psalm 32:8).

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"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing

you fear and get a record of successful experiencesbehind you.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of

choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to

be achieved."

-William Jennings Bryant (1860-1925)


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Continued from previous page I used to beat myself up because I felt I should havebeen further along in life. I realized that my thinking

had not changed. Since my thinking had not changed,

my life remained stuck on stupid. But once I gavemy life to the Lord, my way of thinking improved.

This transformation did not happen overnight. But asmy thinking changed, the curses in my life began toslowly but surely fade away. You will know that I am

the LORD, for you have not followed my decrees or

kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of

the nations around you (Ezekiel 11:12).


break the generational

curse in your life?

Are you happy with your life? How are you doing,

living life on your terms? What do your finances look

like? How are the relationships in your life? Are youworking your dream job? Have you been honoring

your parents and those God placed in authority over

you? Last but not least, how is your relationship with

your heavenly Father? Where do you stand with Him?If all these things are going well, you should not have a

care in the world. If you do not have any problems in

your life, you should be one of the happiest peoplealive. Now, if this is true for you, that means you have

already died and gone to Heaven. If you are reading

this page, that means you are still among the living,

and problems are a byproduct of living. We all havesomething that keeps us from Gods BEST for our

lives. Wouldnt you want to know if something waskeeping you from Gods BEST? I can assure you, the

problem is not with God. What are you holding onto

that keeps you from Gods BEST? Why do we

question God when it is our judgment in error thatkeeps us from His BEST? And Gideon said unto him,

oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this

befallen us? (Judges 6:13).

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generational curse begin

in your life?

Where did drugs, alcohol and sexual immorality begin?

Where did your generational curse begin? Some willsay that all sin began in the Garden of Eden. However,

where did your curse begin? Everyones curse beginswith everyones choice. Likewise, everyones blessingswill begin with the choice to follow Gods plan for

their lives. If you need someone to blame for your life,

you need only to look at the mirror in front of you. If

by chance we find ourselves going in circles, it isbecause of our pride, arrogance and ego that we refuse

to see. But as we begin to look towards God, curses are

transformed into blessings. For I say, through thegrace given unto me, to every man thatis among you,

not to think of himself more highly than he ought to

think (Romans 12:3).

6.6 - WHEN will the

generational curse be

broken in your life?

When will you start making the right choices in yourlife? How long will it take you to see that the way you

are doing things is not working? When will things turn

around for you? The only way the curse can be broken

is by a change of thought. Curses are broken when wetake on the mind of Christ. People will always

disappoint you, even when they are not trying to do so.

However, as you learn to keep your mind on Christ,generational curses will no longer have authority in

your life because you have been translated into a new

kingdom. Do not be anxious about anything, but in

everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,

present your requests to God. And the peace of God,

which transcends all understanding, will guard your

hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians

4:6-7).

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7.0

Your future is based

upon your decision

today

7.1 - HOW do you make

decisions?

HOW does your decision-making process work? Is it

based upon your future or your past? What effects havepast decisions played on your present reality? If you

are not living the life you desire, what new thoughts

will you need to think in order to bring about the lifeyou desire? Wrong decisions, thoughts, words and

actions bring about the wrong future. Most of the time

we make hasty decisions based on our surroundings.This isnt good, because a great deal of the time, our

surroundings are not what they seem. Poor decisionscan only bring about poor results that inadvertently

affect our future. God gives us His word so that we

will make the right decision for His will and not ours.So will you choose Gods plan or yours? Make

decisions based on your desired future, not your

erroneous past. How can a young man keep his way

pure? By living according to your word I havehidden your word in my heart that I might not sin

against you (Psalm 119:9, 11).

7.2 - WHO makes your

decisions?

When it comes to living our lives, we value othersopinions more than Gods. We believe that if we give

others responsibility over our lives that it makes us less

accountable. Moreover, when our lives fall short of thepurpose that God intended for us, we point the finger at

those we empowered with our right of choice. Webelieve that this absolves us of our personal

responsibility before God. It does not! Blaming otherscan never relieve us of the consequences of our

choices. If we but search the word of God, seeking His

plan for our lives, we are sure to experience a brightertomorrow. It is paramount that we search the word of

God, and not the world, for our answers. Be not

deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever mansows, that shall he also reap (Galatians 6:7).


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7.3 - WHAT decision will

you make today based on

your desired future?

What decision have you made today in order to createa brighter future? Often, we make rash decisions, not

knowing the outcome. If we would all just listen to the

still-small voice within, Gods Spirit, we would beginto experience Gods best for our lives. Instead, we fight

against the only thing that can bring about oursalvation. Therefore, no matter how hard times mayget, choose to make righteous (right) decisions based

on your desired future, not your present reality. But if

the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead

dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the deadshall also quicken your mortal bodies by his spirit that

dwells in you (Romans8:11).

7.4 - WHY should your

decision today be based

upon your desired future?

Now we come to that part when it is just not about you.

I know this seems like a contradiction. It is true that

earlier I said this booklet is about you, and now I amsaying that it is not. But if you have truly been soul

searching, you know when its about you and when it

isnt. I have suggested a few times in this booklet, If

you are just flipping through the pages, youre justwasting your time. You should know by now that

your decisions never affect you alone. Directly or

indirectly, your decisions reach out and touch everyonewith whom you come in contact. Jesus said, When

you do it unto the least of these my brothers, you have

done it unto me. A candle should never ignite solely

for the candles sake, but also for those who areexposed to the candle. Likewise, your decisions are not

just about you, but everyone you encounter. You are

not a light solely for yourself, but also those you love.Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but

in humility consider others better than yourselves

(Philippians 2:3).

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7.5 - WHERE will your

decision-making get you

today based on your

desired tomorrow?

Now we are at the last part of the workbook, the partwhere you need to make a decision today for your

desired tomorrow. Where will todays decision take

you tomorrow? How will todays decisions affecttomorrows outcome, your life, and the lives of those

who care about you? It is truly never only about you. Iknow I have repeated myself, but this is only becauseof the important nature of the content. As a repeat

offender, you must begin to take a hard look at your

life at this moment. Now is the only point in time over

which we have any control. Do not remain stuck,looking at your past decisions or mistakes that brought

you to this point in your life. We have all made

mistakes and bad decisions. The problem occurs whenyou repeatedly make the same (insane) choices. I call

this, The repeat offender. You must begin making

todays decisions based on tomorrows desiredoutcome. With man, this may seem impossible; but

with God, all things are possible. What shall it profit a

man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own

soul? (Mark 8:36).


make a decision based

upon your desired

tomorrow?

We are now at the end of this workbook and you

should be better equipped to make wiser decisionsbased on your desired outcome. It has been said,

When you teach, youalsolearn. You live,yougrow

and you are humbled at the power of your words.When I spoke to you, I was speaking to myself. As the

LORD prepared me to put these words on paper, I was

experiencing my own trials. But like you, I had toallow God to help me make the right decisions. If I had

to make them in the flesh, using common sense (as a

great many people do) I would not have experiencedmy desired outcome. Not only would I have been

affected in the wrong way, but those I love would have

also been affected. The LORD has removed me from

the hurting business.

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Continued from previous page If you have thoroughly soul-searched through theselife-changing words, impressed upon my heart by the

Spirit of God, you are ready to make a decision today

(right now) based upon your desired tomorrow. Maythe LORD be with you in your decision-making

process today, tomorrow and forevermore. Butseek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. and

In allthyways acknowledge him, and he shall direct

thy paths(Matthew 6:33 & Proverbs 3:5-6).

"The ultimate measure of a man is not w here he stands

in moments of comfort and convenience, but where hestands at times of challenge and controversy."~Martin Luther King

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result ofpreparation, hard work, and learning from failures."

~Colin Powell

"When opportunity presents itself the time toprepare has passed."

~Anonymous

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8.0 CONCLUSION

Now that you realize who you are and where you want to go, take

a minute to reflect. Only goals that hold personal significance and

meaning to you will be accomplished, so ask yourself these

questions: Did I choose this goal? Am I ready to make a written

commitment to it? Am I ready to be accountable to others

regarding this goal? Am I setting a deadline for its

implementation? Is it within my control to achieve? Have I thought

through the consequences? Is it based on my own values? Does

this goal enhance or define my personal sense of purpose?

If the goals you have identified still hold true, you are now ready to

embark on your lifes journey to discover who you were created to

become. In pursuing personal, professional, and spiritual

development, remember that an opportunity for growth is only

realized through action. Make a commitment to yourself today

(RIGHT NOW). Working towards short-term goals will

eventually lead to the attainment of your long-term objectives.Although the Road to Success often seems difficult and long, it is

well worth the journey. If you persevere, you will surely discover

your divine potential, GUARANTEED!

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