Wisdom Keys For 9/2/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 9/214: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

ONE RIGHT PERSON CAN UNLEASH YOUR GREATNESS

Your best qualities will surface in the presence of good people.

Treasure any friend who generates energy and enthusiasm towards your dreams and goals.

Go the extra mile to nurture and protect any God given relationship.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.”

Wisdom Keys For 9/1/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 9/1/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

KEEP YOUR WORD, WHATEVER THE COST

Carefully review and fulfill any vow, promises, or pledges you have made to anyone.

Never promise what you cannot produce.

Make things right with anyone you have wronged in the past.

The two greatest pleasures in life are:

1. The discovery of someone who is trustworthy.
2. A friendship with someone who discerns you can be trusted.

Proverbs 22:1
“A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.”

Wisdom Keys For 8/31/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 8/31/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

WITHDRAW FROM CONTENTIOUS PEOPLE

A contentious person is a trouble maker.

He spreads discontent, frustration and disgust.

He gossips.   He slanders.

He promotes strife.

Do not feed a relationship with such a person.

Strife is proof that something does not belong.

Strife is the evidence someone resents your position achievement.

Proverbs 26:21

“Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.”

Wisdom Keys For 8/30/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/30/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

FERTILIZE THE GARDEN OR RELATIONSHIP

Do not permit the name of a friend to be maligned in your presence.

Do not embrace a slanderous report about a friend, unless he is present to defend himself.

A trustworthy friend is worth any price, any effort and any defense.

True friends will always have the same enemies.

Proverbs 18:24

“A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

Wisdom Keys For 8/29/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/29/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT YOU PERMIT

Your circumstances are not permanent.

You have permitted your present circumstances or they would not exist.

What you tolerate, you authorize to exist.

Either accept the present without complaint or make a decision to use your faith and attract a miracle from God.

Mark 9:23

"And Jesus said to him, If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”

Wisdom Keys For 8/28/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/28/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

SALVAGE SOMEONE

You are not the only person struggling today.

Others around you are hurting too.

Be extremely attentive to the silent cries of someone close you who may be drowning in the ocean of helplessness.

Permit God to make you their life jacket of hope.

Galatians 6;1

"Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted."

Wisdom Keys For 8/27/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/27/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

TRIUMPH OVER TRIVIA

Think of each friendship as a beautiful flower in the garden of your life.

The garden must be nurtured, fertilized and watered regularly.

Don't let petty and insignificant differences, trivia, sap the beauty of those flowers.

Ephesians 4:31-32

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."

Wisdom Keys For 8/26/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/26/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

IGNORE EVERY INVITATION TO BATTLE TODAY

Make today a peaceful day.

Do not feed an argumentative spirit in those around you.

Insist on praying together with those who who pursue points of disagreement.

God is well know for honoring peace makers.

Anything unfed eventually dies.

Romans 12:18

" If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men."

Wisdom Keys For 8/25/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/25/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

RESURRECT HOPE FOR SOMEONE TODAY

Hope is the expectation of favorable changes.

Do not permit someone you love to remained depressed and devastated by their present circumstances.

Remind them that Jesus Christ is still the healer and miracle worker in every circumstance of life.

1 Peter 3:15

" but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;"

Wisdom Keys For 8/23/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/23/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

CELEBRATE THOSE WHO CELEBRATE YOU

Those who discern your worth deserve special recognition.

Even Jesus instructed His disciples to respect those who received them and disconnect from those who rejected them.

Go where your contribution is celebrated.

Jesus did.

Matthew 10:11-13

" And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city. 12 As you enter the house, give it your greeting. 13 If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace."

Wisdom Keys For 8/22/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/22/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

POUR THE WORD OF GOD OVER YOUR MIND DAILY

Your mind gathers the dirt, grime and dust of human opinion every day.

Renew your mind to the TRUTH, God's Word.

Schedule an appointment with the Bible daily.

The renewing of your mind is the key to changes within you.

The Words of God are like waterfalls washing and purifying your mind.

Ephesians 5:26

"so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,"

Wisdom Keys For 8/21/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/21/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

SOW AFFECTION GENEROUSLY

Hospital tests have shown that even babies will die if they do not receive touching and loving affection.

You are not an exception.

Reach out to someone today. Touch...hug.

Eyes can communicate kindness.

A gentle touch on the shoulder affirms unspoken caring.

Do not let any close with unspoken affection lying dormant in your heart.

Showing love is never out of order in any environment or any season.

Romans 12:10

"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;"

Wisdom Keys For 8/20/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/20/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

FURNISH GENTLENESS

Gentleness is like heat in a cold world.

Those around you bear the wounds of rivalry, jealousy and inferiority.

Pout the Oil of Gentleness and you will become their great memory of the day.

Gentleness diffuses anger.

Gentleness is the harbor every human wants to enter.

Gentleness is the perfect environment for greatness to grow.

2 Timothy 2:24

"The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,"

Wisdom Keys For 8/19/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/19/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

INTERROGATE YOUR FRIENDS

Everyone is a well of information.

Draw from it. Drop your bucket regularly into that well.

Schedule an appointment with your 3 most successful friends.

Bring your list of most important questions and get the answers you need.

The Master Key to a successful life is Questions.

Questions host answers on earth.

Never pursue answers. Labor hard to ask the right questions.

Proverbs 1:5

"A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,"

Wisdom Keys For 8/18/14

THOUGHT FOR 8/18/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

GUARD YOUR ENERGY

God energizes.

You are His offspring.

You were created for movement.

Your mind creates thoughts, each containing a different measure of energy.

You are a living Current, carrying others into your future.

Use your life today to excite others about the God you serve, and the future made possible through a commitment to Jesus Christ.

Energy is more important than money.

Your energy decides world you enter.

Acts 17:28

"For in Him we live, and move, have our being."

Wisdom Keys For 8/17/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/17/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

INTERVIEW YOUR CHILD

Your child worth knowing.

Talk. Exchange. Observe.

Carefully collect any piece of information that paints a portrait of this Heritage of the Lord.

Communicate with the intent to learn, not condemn.

Give your child what he cannot find anywhere else, non judgmental conversation, and he will keep coming back into your relationship.

Psalm 127:3

"Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward."

Wisdom Keys For 8/16/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/16/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT SOMEONE YOU LOVE

Knowledge increases confidence.

The more knowledgeable you are about someone the more capable you become at anticipating their needs.

Develop a person portfolio of their particular preferences such as their favorite foods, colors, songs, books and secret ambitions.

Our Heavenly Father created uniqueness to be discovered, appreciated and celebrated.

Greatness will unfold with each discovery.

I Thessalonians 3:12

"and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you;"

Wisdom Keys For 8/15/15

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/15/15: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

DISCARD YOUR THOUGHTS

Miracles only happen to the believing.

Doubts never produced your desired results.

Stop advertising your doubts.

Start celebrating your expectations of a miracle.

When the 12 spies invested 30 out spying, 10 chose to doubt.

So, God gave them 40 years of pain.

A single day of doubt can bring 365 days of heartache.

The costliest experience on earth is doubt.

Matthew 21:21

" And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen."

Wisdom Keys For 8/14/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/14/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

MAKE SMILE YOUR STYLE

Your face telegraphs your toward life, toward others, and about yourself.

Your countenance creates a climate that attracts people toward you or causes them to move away from you.

When you smile first, you have decided the direction the relationship will go.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

"Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam."

Wisdom Keys For 8/13/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/13/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

QUENCH THE URGE TO JUDGE

You cannot draw conclusions as long is there missing information.

Things are never as they first appear.

Reserve judgment.

Never attempt to explain, penalize someone for actions you do not fully understand.

Romans 2:1

"Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things."

Wisdom Keys for 8/12/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/12/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

HONOR EVERY OPINION YOU HEAR TODAY

One of the greatest gifts you give anyone is the gift of recognition.

Every husband, wife, and child us authorized by the Creator to have a view point and an opportunity to express it.

Honor their right to be heard.

Something you need is often hidden in someone you may not enjoy.

Listening is the seed that often produces favor.

Philippians 2:3

"Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;"

Wisdom Keys For 8/11/4

THOUGHT FOR 8/1/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

CONFIDE IN A FEW

Someone had said that even a fish wouldn't get caught if it kept its mouth shut!

Confidentiality is a gift to be shared in the privacy of prayer and with an intercessor God assigned to your life.

Never share your troubles with someone unqualified to help you.

Silence cannot be misquoted.

The difference in seasons is who you have chosen to trust.

Proverbs 25:9-12

"Argue your case with your neighbor,
And do not reveal the secret of another,
10 Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not pass away."

Wisdom Keys For 8/10/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/1014: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

COMPLIMENT SOMEONE TODAY

A popular, but inaccurate statement is, "Words are cheap!"

Words cause wars. Words settle wars.

Words create the wave of emotion that control the world.

Your words of kindness today could easily create the wave that carries someone to their dream.

Proverbs 18:21

"Death and life are in the [a]power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit."

Wisdom Keys For 8/9/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/9/14: WISDOM KEYS BY MIKE MURDOCK

ABANDON ANY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP

There are four kinds of people in your life: those who add, those who subtract, those who divide, and those who multiply.

Those who do not increase you will inevitably decrease you.

It is the responsibility of others to discern your worth.

Access is a gift that should be earned.

Proverbs 22: 24-25

"Do not associate with a man given to anger; or go with a hot-tempered man or you will learn his ways and find a snare for yourself."

Wisdom Keys For 8/8/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/8/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

SEND SOMEONE A SIGNAL THAT THEY MATTER

Every word you speak is a seed that guarantees a reaction.

Everyone needs reassurance of their worth.

Remind yourself throughout today that each person you meet has encountered waves of criticism, condemnation and inferiority.

You can change this.

Your words of reassurance can be like water on their seeds of hope.

Isaiah 50:4

"The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples,
That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple."

Wisdom Keys For 8/7/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/7/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

LEARN SOMETHING NEW DAILY

Wisdom is the ability to discern difference in people, in an environment, in opportunities and moment.

Wisdom comes from the Word of God.

Solomon said that wisdom is the miracle key that unlocked life's house of treasure.

Wisdom requires effort, time, and persistence; but is worth the cost.

Proverbs 4:7

"“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding."

Wisdom Keys For 8/6/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/6/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

ASSIGN A PRIORITY TO EACH HOUR OF YOUR DAY

Your life it like a train on the Track of Success.

Each day God gives you 24 golden boxcars (hours) to load up.

What you place in each boxcar, or hour, determines the speed and distance your train will move forward to your next city of accomplishment.

Make your life count today.

Every hour is a seed. Your control the harvest.

Ephesians 5:16

"Redeeming the time, because the days are evil"

Wisdom Keys For 8/5/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/5/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

INSIST ON TODAY'S PRODUCTIVITY

An unproductive day is an unhappy day.

You were created to be productive, to accomplish, to multiply.

Any progress to your life dream today should be celebrated.

Each hour is an "employee"; give it a specific assingment.

Genesis 1:28

"God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth."

Wisdom Keys for 8/4/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 8//14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

MOVE...MOVE...MOVE

You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue.

Race horses never win races while they are in their stalls.

God rewards reachers.

Your enthusiasm will attract the right people in your life.

Keep pictures of your passion before you every hour of the day.

Motion is the seed for emotion.

Movement changes your environment instantly.

Psalm 37:23

"The steps of a man are established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way."

Wisdom Keys For 8/3/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/3/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

TAKE A TINY STEP TOWARD YOUR LIFETIME GOAL TODAY

Champions are those who are willing to move forward an inch at a time.

Stay in movement today.

Break down your goal into many small steps.

Progress creates joy.

Two things are more important than money: your energy and your time.

Identify time wasters, those who diminish your energy, and limit their access to you.

Small steps matter.

Zechariah 4:10

"For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the Lord which range to and fro throughout the earth.”

Wisdom Keys For 8/2/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 8/2/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

EXPECT YOUR SEED OF PATIENCE TO PRODUCE A HARVEST

Every dreamer must tolerate seasons of waiting.

Waiting is not wasted time.

Moses proved that leaders are not trained int he palace, but in the desert.

Each day of waiting is proof of your trust in God.

Isaiah 40:31

"Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary."