Wisdom Keys For 8/1/14

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

ACCEPT OPPOSITION AS PROOF OF YOUR PROGRESS

Warfare always surrounds the birth of a miracle.

Nothing is ever as bad as if first appears.

Battle is the opportunity to prove what you believe.

Joseph proved that opposition is the wave that takes you from the pit to the palace.

The size of your enemy determines the size of your reward.

Do not let any enemy decide the timing of battle nor the weapons you will use.

Psalm 56:11

"In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"

Wisdom Keys For 7/30/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/30/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

CHOOSE A PROVEN MENTOR

Those you admire eternally effect your future.

Choose a mentor who increases your faith in God.

Learn from the scars of your mentor as well as his sermons.

You cannot learn from anyone you resent or envy.

You can only learn from someone you are humble enough to admire.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

" But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you [b]instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another."

Wisdom Keys For 7/29/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/29/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

RE-EVALUATE YOUR CURRENT GOALS.

Never hesitate to re-appraise your goals and what you really want to accomplish.

Remember that your goals are birthed out of needs, and your needs are often seasonal.

Celebrate every page of progress towards your goals.
...
Don't keep pursuing a dream no longer capable of energizing you.

New information creates new goals.

New relationship creates new enthusiasm.

Luke 14:28

" For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?"

Wisdom Keys For 7/28/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/28/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

BE WILLING TO DREAM ALONE SOMETIMES

Every champion must be willing to believe in his own dream when others seem too busy or uncaring to encourage him.

Every great inventor, such as, Thomas Edison, faced waves of ridicule and scorn before before their genius recognized and appreciated.

Don't forget to keep your focus on where you are going and refuse to be discouraged by the present circumstances that will soon pass.

Aloneness, removes the strain of wrong influence.

Hebrews 13:5

"I will never leave you, nor forsake you"

Wisdom Keys For 7/27/14

THOUGHT FOR 7/27/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

SOW A PART OF YOURSELF EVERYDAY INTO QUALITY SOIL

A seed is anything you can do that benefits another person.

Your respect for others is a seed, sow it.

Your knowledge given to others is a seed, sow it.

What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.

Ephesians 6:8

"knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free."

Wisdom Keys For 7/26/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/26/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

REFUSE TO QUIT, EVER!

The secret of champions is their refusal to quit trying.

Futility is merely a feeling; conquer it and keep heading toward your goals.

Create small successes when the large ones seem impossible.

Even skyscraper are built one brick at a time.

Quitting does not give you want you really want.

Every step away from yesterday is significant progress.

Isaiah 28:10

"“For He says,
"Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there."

Wisdom Keys For 7/25/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/25/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

CELEBRATE THOSE WHO LOVE YOUR GOALS

Recognize those God sends into your life to inspire and energize you.

Acknowledge helpful insights gladly and resist the temptations to become defensive and belligerent.

Find ways to reward those who have made your goals and dreams come true.

Those who have you deserve the best of you, your time and energy.

Proverbs 13:20

"He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will suffer harm."

Wisdom Keys For 7/24/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/24/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

FIGHT FOR YOUR DREAM

Don't let others distract you from from your God Given Assignment for your life.

Avoid over-scheduling today to accommodate the expectations of others.

Don't feel obligated to relationships that demotivate you.

Every worshipper must become a warrior.

Every warrior must become a worshipper.

The willingness to battle for your dream qualifies you for it achievement.

Psalm 144:1

Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle;

Wisdom Keys For 7/23/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/23/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

STOP PURSUING UNEXCITING DREAMS

What excites you in your youth may bore you when you are older.

Be willing to relinquish previous goals that no longer stimulate you.

Don't be a prisoner of your dreams of earlier years.

You are not a loser just because you do not finish something you no longer desire.

Passion is a clue to your new season.

Energy is often a Divine sign that you on the right path.

Philippians 3:13

"Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,"

Wisdom Keys For 7/22/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/22/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

MAKE GOD YOUR DREAM PARTNER

Let God decide your daily agenda and your dream will be achieved.

A God inspired dream will always require the participation of God.

One hour with God could easily reveal to you the fatal flaws in most carefully laid plans.

He who succeeds in prayer, succeeds.

Develop conversation ability in the presence of God.

The Holy Spirit responds to words, not your thoughts.

Talking aloud to God creates profound and indescribable results.

2 Corinthians 3:5

"Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,"

Wisdom Keys For 7/21/14

THOUGHT FOR 7/21/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

PROTECT YOUR DREAM SEED

A Dream Seed is the invisible photograph of a desired miracle, goal or dream.

God hangs photographs in your heart of something you can become, do, or have.

Abraham nurtured that inner picture of many generations of children through his promised son Isaac.

Diligently guard the Dream Seed God has planted in your heart through prayer and discretion.

Philippians 4:8

" Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise,dwell on these things"

Wisdom Keys For 7/20/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/20/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

EXCITE OTHERS ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED WITH YOUR GOALS

What you lack is always housed in someone else.

God never intended for you to succeed alone.

When you pray today, ask God to direct you someone He has chosen to make contribution to your life.

Reaching towards others is proof of humility.

The willingness to ask is proof of your passion.

You qualify for what you pursue.

Matthew 7:7

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."

Wisdom Keys For 7/19/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/19/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

TREASURE YOUR MENTOR

Mentorship is the impartation of information.

Mentorship is accepting perfect knowledge from an imperfect man.

Your mentor is anyone who consistently teaches you what you want to know.

It was the secret of Elijah and Elisha; Moses and Joshua; Paul and Timothy.

Pursue and extract the knowledge of the mentors that God has made available to your life.

Mentorship is learning through the pain of another.

Your future is determinds by who you choose to believe.

Proverbs 1:5

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

Wisdom Keys For 7/18/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/18/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

LET YOUR CLOTHES SEND YOUR MESSAGE

You are a walking message system to others.

Your clothing communicates an attitude toward the goals your are pursuing.

People see what you are before they hear what you are.

Even Joseph dressed to create acceptance in the palace of Pharoah.

Presentation is your gift to others.

It reveals what you consider most important.

Genesis 41:14

"Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh."

Wisdom Keys For 7/17/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/17/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCH

YOU CAN CREATE ANY FUTURE YOU WANT

You will never leave where you are until you decide where you would rather be.

The day you make a decision about your life is the day your world will change.

Move decisively toward the goals you have established.

Intolerance of your present creates your future.

Today is your seed for tomorrow.

Your future is decided by whom you have chosen to believe.

Isaiah 43:18-19

“Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.
Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert."

Wisdom Keys For 7/16/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/16/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

CREATE A DAILY AGENDA

Your Daily Agenda is a written list of tasks that you want to accomplish in the next 24 hours.

Decide your priorities in the order of their importance.

You will never unlock your potential until your priorities become habitual.

When you focus on your priorities you will eliminate your confusion.

Priorities expose the unnecessary.

Philippians 3:13-14

" Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. "

Wisdom Keys For 7/15/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/15/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LOVE

Enthusiasm breeds excitement.

Enthusiasm is the only climate Seeds of Success will grow in.

If want others to get involved with your dreams and goals, you must exude and aura of enthusiasm.

Your energy will attract others to your dream.

Thought and talk will magnify anything.

Reactions to your enthusiasm purges relationships.

Reactions to your enthusiasm should decide who gets the gift of access to you.

Proverbs 18:21

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and that love it shall eat its fruit."

Wisdom Keys For 7/14/14

THOUGHT FOR SUNDAY, 7/14/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

DON'T OVER SCHEDULE YOURSELF TODAY

The wise refuse to consider too many goals.

Only write down the number of things you know you will actually complete.

When you over schedule, your attention will focus on those things you failed to accomplish instead of the tasks that have been completed.

Make time only for that which is worthwhile.

Hurrying is often the seed for mistakes.

Take the moment since i took a lifetime to get there.

Psalm 46:10

"Be still and know that I am God."

Wisdom Keys For 7/13/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 7/13/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

SET REASONABLE DEADLINES

Give yourself enough time to achieve your goals.

Good things take effort and time.

Be honest with yourself concerning your time, talents and resources.

Focus only on those tasks you feel worthy of your total attention and time.

Stress is a chosen path.

Sometimes the reward is not worth the burden.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

"To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the Heaven"

Wisdom Keys For 7/12/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 7/12/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

RESPECT YOUR DREAMS AND GOALS

What you respect you will attract.

Respect is need for excitement.

Excitement is needed for your energy.

Energy is need for completion of your dreams and goals.

Create your Dream-Wall with pictures of future experiences you desire.

Put in front of you what you want to remember every single day.

The proof of desire is pursuit.

Joy is the proof you are pursuing something God wants you to enjoy.

Ecclesiastes 3:13

" moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God."

Wisdom Keys For 7/11/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/11/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

BECOME SOMEONE'S BRIDGE

Someone may open up and share the dream of their heart with you, listen.

Someone close to you may ache to hear an approving, encouraging word from you, say it.

Someone may make a simple request that could unlock an important door for them, do it.

You may be the only bridge to victory others ever experience.

Hebrews 11:6

"But without faith is is impossible to please Him."

Wisdom Keys For 7/10/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/10/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

WRITE YOUR GOALS

Take time to write down carefully what you want to accomplish with your life.

Writing down your goals makes you more decisive.

The 15 minutes you invest in making a daily schedule will be multiples 100 fold before the end of the month.

Visualization of a goal builds remarkable confidence.

Planners can predict their success.

The secret to uncommon achievers is linking tasks to their calendar.

Habakkuk 2:2

"Then the Lord answered me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run."

Wisdom Keys For 7/9/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/9/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

YOU ARE CREATING YOUR FUTURE TODAY

You will never leave from where you are, until you decide where you would rather be.

The day you make a decision about your life is the day your world will change.

Move decisively toward the goals you have established.

Intolerance of our present creates your future.

Isaiah 43:18-19

Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.
19 “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert."

Wisdom Keys For 7/8/14

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

MAKE YOURSELF UNFORGETTABLE TO GOD

Conversations  reveal.

What you love, hate, crave or despise is exposed by your words.

Faith is confidence in God.

When you speak confidently of God's integrity, and victoriously exude your anticipation of miracles, God is pleasured.

God will remember you for the pleasure you created.

Hebrews 11:6

"But without faith is impossible to please Him"

Wisdom Keys For 7/7/14

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

IDENTIFY COMPLAINERS

You will hear a lot of garbage and unbelief dumped into your ears today.

Name it for what it is.

Discern complainers.

Recognize the Spirit of Murmuring that has entered someone, poisoning every conversation.

Do not participate.

Take the conversation upward by saying, “What an opportunity for God to perform a miracle!”

It will pleasure God.

Numbers 11:1

“Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.”

Wisdom Keys For 7/6/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 7/6/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

DO NOT FEED AN ARGUMENTATIVE ATTITUDE

You will be challenged today.

Someone will be wanting to start an argument, a quarrel.

Do not permit it. Refuse to feed a contentious spirit.

It erodes your keenness and breaks your focus.

Re-direct the conversation to the Power of God, and the potential Miracle about to be birthed.

Your words decide futures.

Proverbs 15:1

“A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.”

Wisdom Keys For 7/5/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 7/5/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

DO NOT FEED AN ARGUMENTATIVE ATTITUDE

You will be challenged today.

Someone will be wanting to start an argument, a quarrel.

Do not permit it. Refuse to feed a contentious spirit.

It erodes your keenness and breaks your focus.

Re-direct the conversation to the Power of God, and the potential Miracle about to be birthed.

Your words decide futures.

Proverbs 15:1

“A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.”

Wisdom Keys For 7/4/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 7/4/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

MARK CONTENTIOUS PEOPLE

Note those who always create conflict, complain and are hostile toward change.

Do not give them the opportunity to plant the seed of contentiousness.

“Mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them”.  Romans 16:17

Proverbs 22:10

“Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
Even strife and dishonor will cease.

Wisdom Keys For 7/3/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7/3/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

RECOGNIZED DOUBT PRODUCES TRAGEDIES

God has feelings. Some words grieve His heart.

Some words excite His heart.

Unbelief brings God great pain.

Faith brings Him pleasure.

Twelve spies analyzed Canaan for 40 days.

Moses and the people accepted the report of doubt from the 10 spies instead of the report of faith from Joshua and Caleb.

Each day of doubt brought 365 days of heartache.

Doubt is as contagious as Faith.

Whose voice matters the most?

Numbers 14:34

" According to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition."

Wisdom Keys For 7/2/14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY FOR 7/2/14: WISDOM KEYS FROM MIKE MURDOCK

SCREEN DOUBTERS

Screen doors prevent obnoxious insects from entering your house.

You must assertively screen out people who are carriers of the virus of doubt and unbelief.

Boldly protect your ears and life from absorbing talk that does not edify and build.

Peace requires war.

Matthew 16:23

"But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”

Galatians 5:9

"A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough."