Abundance

The Not-So-Secret to an Abundant Life

by Andy Wood on June 29, 2015

in Allocating Your Resources, Esteem, Five LV Laws, Life Currency, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance, Words

Hidden Clock

In the mood for a little detective work?  Care to uncover a secret that may have right in front of our noses for years?  It certainly was in mine, and I was oblivious.

Would you be interested in mining out some clues if I told you that when you do, you may have discovered one of the most powerful life and success principles known to humanity?  And that if you master this one skill, the transformation in your own life, to say nothing of your influence and circumstances, can be breathtaking?

Am I exaggerating?  No, if anything I’m understating the potential of this discovery.

Getting this – I mean really getting it – can explain why you tend to sabotage yourself after you’ve made progress toward a goal.

It may explain why churches or individual leaders lose their influence, or why they nourish it.

It may explain why you have made progress toward healing, then somehow hit a wall.

It may explain why your relationships go in frustrating cycles – hot today, cold tomorrow… intimate today, lonely later.

Finding this secret is like discovering a clock on your wall that’s been there the whole time, quietly ticking away, pointing to the correct time, but you may have never noticed it.  In one sense it’s obvious – in another, it probably calls for a closer look than you have given it.

Will it help you win the lottery?  Doubtful.  But it could lead you to a place where you never pine away for sudden wealth again.

Will it solve all your relationship problems?  Maybe, maybe not.  But it will position you to gain the most from every relationship you have or want to have, whether others cooperate or not.

I wish I could tell you that this secret has been locked away in some government vault and is now being released to a select few, and that if you pay me $3,999.00 I will share it with you, along with seven free bonus offers.  But the thing is, this secret has been in open view for anybody to see – and it’s free.

Still here?  Ready?  Okay, no more hype.  [click to continue…]

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Productivity of the Soul

by Andy Wood on May 4, 2015

in 100 Words, Exploring the Possibilities, Five LV Laws, Life Currency, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance, Time

Above the Fog

There’s a productivity that gets things done.

There’s another productivity that makes things one… that nourishes the soul and flourishes into gratitude…

Expectancy…

Joy.

This is Productivity of the Soul.

Both are important.  [click to continue…]

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Six MORE Signs of a Life-Giving Leader

by Andy Wood on March 26, 2014

in Five LV Laws, Hoarders, Leadership, Life Currency, LV Alter-egos, Principle of Abundance

Leadership Light

In the last post I shared six signs of a leader who breathes life into organizations and followers, as opposed to those who have a way of sucking the life out of them.  Definitely worth a review if you missed it.  My guess is, you have probably experienced both types on a personal level, whether it’s in your workplace, your church, or your community.  We’ve certainly seen both types on a global or national scale as well.

What I’m more concerned about, however, is the leadership you show, even if you don’t think of yourself as a leader.  Everybody influences somebody, and you’re no exception.  And all of us can learn from the example of the ultimate life-giving leader, the Lord Jesus.  Here are six more signs of a life-giving leader. [click to continue…]

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The Rave

by Andy Wood on January 8, 2014

in Esteem, Five LV Laws, Following Your Passion, Life Currency, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance

Celebration Worship

Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His greatness is unsearchable (Psalm 145:3).

Lots of comfortable, well-worn words here.  Sometimes familiarity can hide the truest meaning of the language.

For example, God is “great.”

(God is good, let us thank Him for our…)

Hang on a minute. [click to continue…]

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Ohio Man Discovers Ancient Middle Eastern Secret that Adds Years to His Life and Life to His Years

by Andy Wood on April 24, 2013

in Ability, Allocating Your Resources, Five LV Laws, Insight, Life Currency, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance

MountHermon 2

Hi.  I’m James Harvey.  I’m 63 years old and live in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio called Worthington.  There’s no real reason you should know me, unless you take my car payments down at the bank or perhaps were at my recent early retirement party at the local university, where I worked for 23 years.

But what I’m about to share with you could change all that.  It certainly changed my life.  And I think it can change yours.

More on that in a minute.  First, let me give you a little of my “before” picture.  It was only a couple of years ago, yet it seems like a lifetime.  And my life was a mess.

  • I was struggling to make ends meet financially.  I would forget to pay bills when I had some money, or remember to pay them when I didn’t have enough.
  • I found myself more and more isolated from friends and family.  I did my duty when it came to get-togethers or holidays.  But there wasn’t much joy in it.
  • I was restless and bored at work.  There was a time I loved my job, but I reached a point where I was desperate for something new.
  • I started having health problems.  I’ve always been a pretty healthy guy, but I started getting repeated episodes of bronchitis.  My energy level dropped to “turtle-level.” I just assumed it was the natural result of growing older.  Boy, was I wrong.
  • People started asking me if I was depressed.  I didn’t seem like myself, they said.  My answer was always the same:  “I’m fine!”  But in my heart I knew I wasn’t.

Can you relate to any of that?  I was “that guy” – the one who felt like he was pushing a boulder up a mountain.  Only it felt as though somebody was on the other side, pushing back.

That’s when I rediscovered an ancient secret.  [click to continue…]

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Come and See What My Father Will Do

by Andy Wood on April 12, 2013

in Ability, Five LV Laws, Life Currency, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance, Waiting

Holding Hands With ChildThings looked bleak for the children in George Muller’s orphanage at Ashley Downs in England.  Muller had built his ministry as a model of how God would provide for him with no specific requests for support.

But on this day, it was time for breakfast, and the cupboards were bare.  There was no food in the kitchen, no money in the bank.  A small girl whose father was a close friend of Muller was visiting in the home.  Muller took her hand and said, “Come and see what our Father will do.”

In the dining room, long tables were set with empty plates and empty mugs.  Muller gathered the children together and prayed, “Dear Father, we thank You for what You are going to give us to eat.”

Immediately, they heard a knock at the door.  [click to continue…]

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A Heart that Saved the Best

by Andy Wood on March 11, 2013

in Five LV Laws, Following Your Passion, Life Currency, Love, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance

Communion 2

Remember, You said with broken bread and common cup held high.
Believe… not just once sometime years ago, but today, in this day’s sound and fury
That the gift that You gave for lost hearts of stone (like mine)
Hasn’t gone anywhere – it’s still as alive today as You are.
So never let me forget the supreme price, the steadfast love, the faithful offering
That forever changed my heart of stone to gold… to joy… to peace.

And oh… [click to continue…]

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Giving What You Don’t Have to Gain What You Can’t Lose

by Andy Wood on September 21, 2012

in Enlarging Your Capacity, Five LV Laws, Life Currency, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance

In 1835 a man visited a doctor in Florence, Italy.  He was filled with anxiety and exhausted from lack of sleep.  He couldn’t eat, and he avoided his friends.  The doctor found that he was in prime physical condition.  Concluding that his patient needed to have a good time, the physician told him about a circus in town and its star performer, a clown named Grimaldi.  Night after night he had the people rolling in the aisles.  “You must go and see him,” the doctor advised.  “Grimaldi is the world’s funniest clown.  He’ll make you laugh and cure your sadness.”

“No, he can’t help me,” said the patient.  “You see, I am Grimaldi!”

It’s one of those ironies, a paradox of life in general, and a hidden truth of Kingdom life in particular.  Laughter flows out of pain.  Joy would be nonexistent without sorrow.  Grace wouldn’t exist if there were no need for it.  And what I lack becomes the basis for what I have to offer. [click to continue…]

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A Simple Way to Pray for a Friend

by Andy Wood on June 10, 2012

in Ability, Conversations, Enlarging Your Capacity, Five LV Laws, Insight, Life Currency, LV Cycle, Principle of Abundance

Tell them I said “hi.”

Will do.

Tell them I’m praying for them.

Okay.  Do you want me to tell them what you’re praying?

That would be great.  Tell them I’m praying that they may stand complete or perfect.  And that they would stand fully assured in all the will of God.

Is that it?

Yeah, but that’s quite a bit.

Really?

Yeah.  These days it’s pretty much all I do since I have all this free time on my hands.  It’s  basically become my job.

Your job? [click to continue…]

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The Abundant Grace of God

by Andy Wood on September 16, 2011

in Ability, Five LV Laws, Life Currency, Money, Principle of Abundance

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed (2 Corinthians 9:8).

Regardless of the need or the deed that lurks in front of you, the choice that confronts you is a choice of scarcity or of abundance.  I thought today it would be a good idea to remind you that whatever God does, He does it abundantly.  Even when He’s dealing with you!

Regardless of what you may hear from the Republicans or the Democrats, the courts or the Congress, the economists or the educators, the preachers or the politicians, God is still wonderfully wealthy and lavishly generous.  All you have to do to believe that is compare what you have with what you deserve.

God is measureless when it comes to the grace and provision he offers. [click to continue…]

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