Everything in life has a value assigned to it. The problem is that people feel unwanted and unloved because they see their worth through the eyes of others.

What is even worse, these feelings of unworthiness stall our personal growth process and keep us stagnant in a level of life that is way below our true potential.

Do you feel neglected and unworthy? Is your self esteem on a critical level?

The following story will help you understand your true value, overcome your low self confidence, and show you how to unleash a dynamic growth process in your life:

An important auction was taking place and many valuable antique objects of an important art collection were going to be sold. Among them was an old violin. Just by looking at it you could see that it had not stood the test of time. It looked timeworn and wasted. While everybody was delighted about the rest of the collection, nobody looked twice at this old, worn out violin.

When the auction started, people started bidding huge prices on the beautiful pieces of art, -except for the broken down violin. Nobody wanted it. The auctioneer was about to close the bid for the violin when an old man stood up and lovingly took the battered old thing into his hands.

He dusted it off, polished it and tuned its deteriorated chords. Then he gave a few strokes before he started playing on it. The auctioneer was getting impatient, but the audience started to hold its breath.

A beautiful melody was springing forth from what had been a tattered old violin. As the old man passionately played his song on that violin, the people started bidding again. The price of the violin went higher and higher until it ended up being the most highly priced object of the whole collection!

Maybe you have been feeling like that old violin. Forgotten and forsaken in some corner of existence. You feel unimportant and unworthy.

Don´t measure your worth according to what others think about you. People’s opinions change every day. If you are trying to please them, you will always end up frustrated.

Why not see yourself through the eyes of Him who knows your true worth? God sets the standard for worth in this universe, not men. He can take you in His arms and teach you to play the song He created you to sing.

Oh, and remember…

“You were bought at a high price, don’t become slaves of men.” (1 Corinthians 7:23)

G.F.I.

Go For It!

Bettina

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If you are feeling challenged today, and you are on the verge of throwing in the towel, I want to invite you to read the biographies of people who have been successful in life.

It is astounding to read what most of them went through before celebrating success. Had it not been for their tenacity and resilience, they would never have achieved their goals.

Most of us would have to humbly admit that we would have given up in situations in which they just kept on fighting. Quitting was not an option for them. They knew that somewhere, somehow they would find the answer they were looking for.

Winston Churchill said, “Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

Most of us have a wrong way of coping with failure. Society dictates that failures are bad and condemns anybody who incurs in them. That is why some people have such a fear of failure that they don’t achieve anything in life. They are devastated when failure shows its ugly head.

Successful people, on the other hand, have a neutral approach to failure. Failure for them is not good or bad. It is just part of life when you are trying to achieve something you have never done before. They learn from their failures and keep on going persistently until they reach their goal.

That is why optimists are successful. Their optimism helps them get better results in life because they are less likely to give up. Of course it is easy to be optimistic when everything is going well, but true optimism is shown when we are still enthusiastic about a project when everything goes wrong. Pessimism, on the other hand, sets us up for failure.

The key factor for being persistent and optimistic in life is faith. It is faith in the Word of God and in the conviction that His promises over our lives will come to pass, although we can’t see them, that will keep us going when the going gets tough.

Never give up, never give up, never, ever, give up” Winston Churchill

Oh, and remember…

“For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. (Hebrews 10:36)

G.F.I.

Go For It! Never, ever give up!

Bettina

PS If you haven´t downloaded your GRANTS (Godly Removal of Automatic Negative Thinking) yet, here are the links again!

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Today I want to encourage you with 5 tips that will help you to keep on going when the going gets tough.

Step #1 Watch out what you are thinking. Proverbs 23:7 says, “As a man thinks, so is he.” If you are entertaining thoughts of failure and defeat in your mind, then you are opening the doors for those things to really happen. Be very aggressive about protecting your thought life. Take time every day to fill your brain with messages of hope and faith from the Bible.

You can download a free set of encouraging Bible confessions here.

Step #2 Don’t be led by what you feel. Feelings are good and inevitable, but we should not be led by them. Jesus had strong emotions, but He never acted on them. He was led by the Holy Spirit.

Step #3 Keep focused on your goal. When you started out on your project, you had a goal in mind and you were enthusiastic about reaching it. Once the hardships set in and your goals seem almost impossible to achieve, they tend to get blurry and we can easily give up on them.

The best way to keep your passion for your goal alive is by using your imagination. Imagine yourself having arrived at your goal. Imagine you have finally made it. Stick up some pictures of your goal in your closet or bathroom, so you can visualize it every morning and feed your imagination with it.

Step #4 Be willing to adjust. Sometimes we head off in a certain direction believing it is the best way to achieve our goals. When things get tough, instead of giving up, ask yourself if there is not a more effective way to do what you are doing.

Step #5 Better still, ask God. Don’t limit yourself to your human abilities. Ask God how to accomplish your task. He will always give abundant wisdom to those who come to receive from Him.

Be willing to leave your own agenda aside and let Him take you by the hand to do things His way. He is much smarter than you are and desires for you to have success in life much more than you do.

Don´t forget to get your free Confession GRANTS!

You were created for success!

Oh, and remember…

“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great
recompense of reward.” (Hebrews 10:35)

G.F.I.
Go For It!

Bettina

PS Never, ever, ever, ever, ever give up!

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If I was not careful, they could come to dominate my mind and undermine my efforts of strengthening my faith to receive from God.

That is why the Bible talks a lot about renewing our mind. Our mind is not born again. If we don’t renew its old patterns of thinking, it will make important life decisions based on experience, human reasoning and logical thinking and bad news from the world, instead of the Truth of God’s Word.

The only way to get rid of these bad thoughts is by confessing the Word of God over them.

I want to help you in this process by sharing with you my favorite Bible verses I have used and confessed over my own life.

Mind you, I don’t have it all together yet, and I don’t think we can ever afford to be off guard on this topic.

Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTS) are like weeds–they just appear out of nowhere all the time and try to choke the Word that God has planted in our life.

Here are two sets of GRANTS (Godly Removal of Automatic Negative Thoughts). You can download them by just clicking on the following links:

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Prosperity GRANTS

Oh, and remember…

“he who receives seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world…choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful” (Matthew 13:22)

Don´t let those cares, worry and fear choke that Word
in your heart. Confront them with God’s Word and overcome your
stinking thinking!

G.F.I.
Go For It!

Bettina
who is amazed how fast GRANTS can chase out ANTS. It truly works!

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“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8)

The only way to find out is by drawing near to Him. Although it is God’s deepest desire to become part of your life, He will only get involved in your life if you invite Him.

Now, who wouldn’t want to share his or her life with the kindest being in the universe?

The best place to be for any of us is being is in the middle of God’s plan for our life! That is when you are in the right place, at the right time, with the right people and with enough provision to accomplish your purpose.

Actually, that is the only place you will ever experience fulfillment and success in, because you were created to be there! You were designed with a unique combination of gifts and talents to fulfill a specific purpose while you are here on earth!

Any other plan you might have in your life will never satisfy you, because, sooner or later, God’s plan will be tugging at your heart and you will feel deep dissatisfaction.

Nevertheless, there are a number of obstacles between you and the wonderful life God has prepared for you. And they are not on His side.

How can we surmount the obstacles that lie between us and the awesome life He has planned for us?

Contact God

First of all, we have to contact Him. We have to slow down, change direction and search for Him. He promises to always come to those who search for Him with all their heart (Jeremiah 29:13).

Learn About God

Second, we have to learn about Him. God has a much higher way of thinking than we have, and He wants to teach us to think that way. Failure, lack, worry and defeat are not a part of His vocabulary, and He doesn´t want it to be part of yours! The best way to renew your mind to God’s way of thinking is by reading His Word and by hearing anointed messages about Him!

Spend Time with God

The third step is to spend time with Him daily. Just like in any friendship, you have to invest time and effort to get to know God intimately. It is only then that God will reveal His secrets to you.

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Is prayer really a hit or miss way of communicating with God?

Contrary to what many Christians believe, prayers should always be answered. There is not one prayer in the Bible that God ignored, and Jesus said, “Whatever you ask of God in My name, you shall receive.”

Then why are so many prayers seemingly left unanswered? Why do most believers hope that God will hear them instead of having the absolute assurance that He will?

Both of these problems stem from lack of knowledge.

1.- Not knowing God well

Just like a biological son may not know his father well, we as believers may not know our heavenly Father well.

If God is a person you fear because you think He’ll whack you on the head every time you do something wrong, you will not have the confidence of asking Him in faith. And faithless prayers are not answered, it is only by faith that we can please God and believe that He is the rewarder of those who seek Him diligently.

When we know God and are assured about His mercy and love for us, we can approach Him confidently, as a beloved son would do, and make the requests we need to make.

2.- Not knowing His will for each of our lives and how to pray according to it

Prayers should always be done with the certainty of His will for our lives. Once we know His will, we can approach Him boldly and talk to Him about it.

One of the most abused prayers is the “but may Your will be done” prayer. Some people pray that phrase ignorantly in any prayer they ever utter.

The only time that phrase was ever prayed in the Bible was when Jesus prayed it in Gethsemane. He knew the will of God, but He didn’t want to obey it. It was a prayer of consecration: a prayer that showed His willingness to ignore His own flesh and do the will of God instead of his own.

Jesus prayed this prayer three times that night and so should we pray it often throughout our day when we struggle with doing the will of God in our lives, like forgiving someone or showing love to our enemies.

But you cannot pray a prayer of faith this way!

Prayers are like ball games. They are all played with balls, but they have different rules. Just as you cannot play soccer with baseball rules, you cannot pray a prayer of faith with the guidelines of a prayer of consecration.

The prayer of faith must be preceded by Bible study. You have to be convinced that what you are asking for is really God’s will and firmly believe it. Once you are sure it is God’s will for you to have what you ask, then you go before Him and ask, but only once (and please don’t pray “but may Your will be done,” like in the prayer of consecration, you already know God’s will).

After that you just thank Him every time the issue comes up. You have already made your petition and now you know with all your heart that He will answer!

Oh, and remember…

“This is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14, 15)

Bettina

who believes that praying is like driving a car: you learn all the rules, but then you only learn to drive well by getting behind that steering wheel!

So…

G.F.I.

Go For It!

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“Good morning, this is God Almighty. Today I will take care of all your problems, –and I wont need your help! Have a great day!” – Joyce Meyer

Financial woes, mortgage payments, surprise bills, baby is sick, have a headache, flat tire and the refrigerator broke down…all in one day?

Is the world crashing around you and you can barely make it? Are you tired? Battle-weary? Sick and tired of being sick and tired?

Then maybe it’s time to let go and let God take over in your life!

My friend Cindy Rushton, Has just the right battle plan for you. It´s called the Victorious Living Super Bundle.

Doesn’t that sound promising?

You see, as long as you are struggling, trying to keep everything together, you are excluding God from your rescue campaign.

As long as you try to figure out everything by your own, you are keeping the solution of your problems within the boundaries of your limited human brain.

There is One who can make rivers in the desert and find ways where there are none. He is God Almighty, and He longs to help you today in all your struggles.

You are not your source, God is. And you can come to Him today, dump all your cares into His lap and simply know that He is God and that He will find a way out.

If you are distressed and tired, you can find more help by clicking here. 

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One of the most important inspirational books for businessmen, “Think and Grow Rich,” a classic written by Napoleon Hill, is based on training your mind to think correctly,–and has helped countless nobodies achieve tremendous success in life.

Isn’t that amazing? It really works!

Although this seems like some kind of a new fad based on recent scientific discoveries, the Bible talks a lot about how our thought patterns affect the very outcome of our lives.

It is a law established by God. Proverbs 23:7 states that as a man thinks, so is he. Additionally, many scriptures of the New Testament exhort believers to renew or to transform their minds. It also talks about putting on the new man.

Changing our negative and fearful thought patterns is really not that difficult. God would never ask us to do something we cannot accomplish. He has already prepared a masterful battle plan for us.

But it requires diligence. If you have accumulated wrong thinking patterns throughout your whole life, you cannot expect them to change overnight. But you can overcome them with persistence.

Here are 3 steps you can follow to overcome your stinking thinking forever and finally step out into the fulfilled life God wants you to have:

1.- Find your seed

After praying and asking God for His wisdom, research the Word of God in the area you are most struggling in. Let’s say: finances. In the concordance, which is in the back of most Bibles, search out all the verses that talk about money, riches, wealth, prosperity, blessing, etc

God´s Word is not just ink on paper, it has power. You will find several verses that will talk to your heart.  Write them down in a notebook.

You can also find verses in this inexpensive little book from Charles Capps.

2.- Plant your seed in your brain

Read them out loud to yourself at least three times a day. If you can, memorize them and meditate on them throughout your day.

3.- Weed your garden all day every day

Just like weeds, bad thoughts will come up in your brain by themselves. So, every time an ANT wants to crawl into your brain, you confront it with a GRANT (Godly Removal of Automatic Negative Thinking)

Oh, and remember…

“May your meditation be sweet to Him, may you be glad in the Lord.” (Psalm 104:34)

G.F.I.

Go For It!

Bettina

A neat little resource is this tiny book from Charles Capps called “God’s Creative Power.” It is jam-packed with verses of victory in all areas of life.

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