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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionLife’s Greatest GiftWhat is life’s greatest gift? It is our free will to make our own choices. Did you know that you have been given this free will to make your own choices, the power of choice? The gift of free will is one thing that characterizes God as a Father. He gives us His guidelines for life in His Word and then allows us to make our own choices. We have the power to choose a life of blessings or curses. Our future is completely in our hands Deut. 30:15-19.

There is power in choice. God can’t and won’t make us do anything, and the devil certainly can’t force us into anything we don’t willingly agree to. For this reason, the responsibility for the direction of our lives is in our hands. Choose to follow God’s will for your life!

Let me start off with an article written by Rabbi Daniel Lapin (great man of God and a great teacher).

He called it “PRIME CHOICE”.

Why do some people succeed in life while others fail? You know the answer. For the

most part, folks fail because they did not do what they should have done back when they needed to do it. They may also not be doing what they should be doing right now.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionHere’s the Question: If Life And Death Are The Choices Before Us, Who In His Right Mind Would Choose Death?

See, we all know the road to success. Do what you must do when you must do it. Not what you want to do. Not when you get around to it. Do what you must do when you must do it and the world is yours.

For some people it may mean adopting then keeping to a healthy diet from this moment. For others it could mean doing whatever it takes right now to protect and nurture a marriage. It could mean taking immediate and necessary steps to rid oneself of an addiction. For many it means finding a job, finding a second job or starting a business—today!

This is all really very simple. Do what you need to do when you need to do it. Unfortunately, however, this simple but true formula leaves us utterly baffled by a perplexing puzzle. If the road to success is so well marked, why do so many of us fail at so many of the things we consider truly important?

It takes another question to best illustrate ancient Jewish wisdom’s explanation for why so many of us fail at doing precisely what we know so well we ought to do.

Read this verse: I call heaven and earth today to bear witness for you that I have placed before you life and death, blessing and curse; and you shall choose life…(Deuteronomy 30:19)

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionHere’s the question: If life and death are the choices before us, who in his right mind would choose death? What sane individual would choose curse over blessing? Why should God need to sagely recommend that we choose life and blessing? Who would do otherwise?

In reality, we face these choices many times each day. Frequently the wrong path is the more appealing one.

God has put us in a world with not only physical gravity but also spiritual gravity. Yes, it takes far more effort to climb up the stairs than down. It takes far more effort to lift a weight than it takes to drop it. It takes far more fuel for an airplane to attain cruising altitude after takeoff than it takes for the same aircraft to descend back to earth prior to landing.

Similarly, it is far harder to keep to a diet than it is to let oneself go. It is far harder to stick to a project that needs doing than to abandon it for an evening’s entertainment. It is harder to keep a marriage going than to walk away and it is harder to do one’s work when it needs to be done than it is to make excuses.

Yes, most of us know what we ought to do. The problem is that God built a system of spiritual gravity that resists our every attempt to improve ourselves and our lives. We should be happy about this for the same reason that weightlifters and athletes are happy that gravity exists. Without it, everyone would be able to bench-press four hundred pounds and run a four minute mile,

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionbut these bogus accomplishments would achieve nothing. In His kindness, God gives us opportunities to confront spiritual and moral challenges allowing us to grow and thrive.

Knowing the secret to success is far different from traveling that path. Rarely do the divergent paths of life or death confront us head on. Instead, we make choices during countless, seemingly unimportant, daily moments. Being aware that small actions lead to a critical finish line makes it easier to steadily move in the right direction. Choose life!

Thought Toolsby Rabbi Daniel Lapinwww.RabbiDanielLapin.com

Our life is driven by our choices whether we like that or not. We will meet our choices down the road and it all starts in our mind.

Get Your Thoughts Under Control and Your Life Will Change

Ok, you didn’t have a choice to begin your life. You couldn’t pick your parents or the situation you grew up in. But the moment you realize that your past doesn’t have to dictate your future – that you are a new creation – you start taking possession of your destiny.

Every time you let go of those old limitations and realize your position in Christ, you are propelling yourself toward your

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passiondestiny. Every time you ask God to guide your steps and choose to follow His Word, you are giving yourself divine tools for living, tools that will help you to move away from what harms you and toward what is in God’s good plan for your life.

You can make the best choice right now and take all the limits off, take the lid off your life, uncover it by renewing your thoughts about you and your life. It is a choice that you have to make; you must engage your will. You are the only one that can do that. There is nothing or nobody else that can do that for you. Even God, regardless of how much He loves you will NOT do it for you.

Many people might think that He will some day, but believe me He will NOT. He has given us a free will to choose. I really believe that I am speaking to some of you who are reading this and you need to receive a revelation about the fact that God has given you and me a free will and we need to engage our will in every decision that we make and with every choice that we make.

Do you believe that God has a good plan for your life? Then activate your faith by telling Him, “God, I know that You are making a way for me today,” When you do that, you agree that His wisdom and guidance isn’t something that He might give to you today; it is something He will give. All you have to do is ask.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionWisdom is part of your inheritance as a child of God, but it is something that must be received from the Lord.

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask Him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do James 1:5-8

I can give you some wisdom here as well : “You have to leave your past behind”. We all know that, but we keep talking about the things of the past, isn’t it? A preacher once said: “The Past Never Sees The Future.” Isn’t that the truth?

Good or bad, it’s time to put the past behind you. The past never sees the future. If you feel stifled because you don’t have any dreams or goals in life, the chance is that you live on memories of what you’ve done in the past. That’s no good.

Don’t give up on life. There is still more for you to do and see. Are you still breathing? Then you still have the potential to dream. You can still get determined in your thoughts. You can still get ideas and you can still act on those ideas and accomplish something in your life.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionIt doesn’t matter how old you are; you should have a vision for the future and you can act on the ideas and dreams God has put on your heart. Recently I was introduced to a group of bloggers who are creating an income on the internet. This blessed me so much because one of the things that this group has is women of my age. (Well, I am not going to tell you my age )..BUT…it inspired me and will keep inspiring me for sure.

Age just does not count at all. My pastor (Billy Joe Daugherty) always told everybody that they were valuable and that God had a plan for them no matter the age and no matter what you have done. So, never ever give up! God doesn’t care if you if you’re five years old or ninety-five years old. He sees your potential and the impact you can have on the future, regardless of at what age you’re starting.

People may want to put you out to pasture, but God never does that. He is with you no matter what. So, don’t waste your precious life only dreaming. Start with mental mapping. Get determined to create vision in your life and to move forward, to keep on living and learning and doing something.

The apostle Paul told you and me: “You are a Masterpiece,” yes you are!

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionSo, let’s dig into some truths that will change your life. First things first, we have to guard our hearts because out of it flow the issues of life. Our heart is where we live. It is the very core of our being, where we have our private thoughts and they need to be renewed. Are you able to make a choice? Of course, you are…let’s go.

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1 /Choose Your Thoughts, For They Become Words.

I believe that where the mind goes, the man follows. Jesus said in Luke 6:45, “…out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks”. And in Proverbs 23:7,”…as he [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he…” In both of these scriptures, the word heart refers to the mind. In other words, our thoughts are the forerunners of both our words and actions. Whatever you and I allow into our inner life will eventually be seen in our outer life.

So in order to deal with wrong behavior, (wrong behavior will lead you to the wrong destiny) we need to deal with wrong thinking. My deep desire is to help us get our thinking lined up with His Word. As a result, the words of our mouths and the actions of our lives will get straightened out in the process. I believe the key to victory is learning how to think on the things that God wants us to think—to be renewed in our mind by the

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionpower of His Word—instead of thinking on whatever comes into our head.

We can easily stay in the realm of dreaming about our destiny and just letting our thoughts go wherever they decide to go, idle thoughts so to speak, but then we will never reach our destiny.

When we really want to reach our destiny we have to “reboot” our mind and actually consider that the dream could come to pass.

We need to begin to develop a “mental map” – a determined thought life. Mental maps are determined thoughts. You see, daydreams are idle thoughts. They can be fun but they also can be a form of escape. Mental maps are the kind of thoughts that have purpose and direction.

They are the thoughts with direction and purpose. They are the thoughts with intent, thoughts that are actually taking you somewhere that you want to go. Determined thoughts!

Let me tell you the difference:

Have you ever been watching TV and a commercial about some ice-cream came on it? The announcer is telling you how good this ice-cream is, how delicious this new flavor is and so forth. It doesn’t take long before you think about getting some ice-cream.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionSo, here’s where thoughts come in. You’ve just seen the commercial and you start wanting that ice-cream. You sit there for a second and imagine tasting that ice-cream. It’s just an idle thought, a passing thought.

A determined thought is different. It has intent and passion behind it. A determined thought is NOT content to remain idle, it gives you an idea! In this case, a determined thought gives you the idea to go to the fridge or the store. It is that kind of thought that actually gets you off the sofa at ten at night! It is that kind of thought that has you speeding to the grocery store to get that ice-cream. This determined thought gets you into action.

Here is how it works:

A mental map begins with determined thoughts. Those determined thoughts produce ideas. Those ideas produce actions – combined with faith in God, trust in His Word and the tenacity to never give up – are what will draw your dream into reality.

Many people wander through life with big dreams, but they don’t have determined thoughts to make the right choices that will make them believe what it takes or say what it takes and moving that dream into a reality.

It all starts with thoughts.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionYou determine where you go in life. Your destiny is not something that just happens to you or something that is going to happen no matter what. No. You are the architect of your own life and you are the prophet of your own life. You have a free will. You have choices that you can make that will determine your future and that puts you in the driver’s seat. You may not have picked the car! You may not have picked the town you’re in! But you still have power because you still have a free will and choice.

Of course, there are things that happen, which might put you in the right place at the right time but if you don’t choose to do the right thing, at that moment, nothing is going to happen. It’s like health and money. It doesn’t matter how healthy you are. If you don’t have any money, you aren’t going anywhere! And, you can have all the money in the world, but if you are as sick as a dog, you aren’t going anywhere either.

Your God-given destiny is like that. Certain things have to be in line for you to get the best result, but ultimately, you are going to determine where you go and what you do in this life.

Nobody is a puppet. God created this earth and the Bible says that He gave it to the children of men, Psalm 115:16, which is you and me. Our choices in this life make a difference, but nothing happens without thoughts, which is what mental mapping is all about.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionWhat will we allow ourselves to believe that we can accomplish? What will we do with good thoughts, good ideas and good concepts that God has given us? Are these thoughts good? Are they worth pursuing? Do they make you feel passionate? Are they God’s way of nudging us to fulfill His good plan, which is His will for our lives?

Can we take good thoughts and build upon them day by day and reach the good life God has for us? Yes, we can. Abraham did it. Thousands of Christians do it every day and even non-believers can use the principle and see results.

It is a spiritual concept and spiritual concepts always apply to our lives in a real way even if they don’t appear to do so on the surface. The Bible tells us that spiritual things, such as mental mapping, are foolish to those who only think naturally.

But people who aren't spiritual can't receive these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. For, "Who can know the LORD's thoughts? Who knows enough to teach Him?" But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. 1Co 2:14 -16 NLT

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionOur spirit can embrace our intellect, but our intellect cannot embrace our spirit. It takes the “mind of Christ” to think beyond the natural.

Let me warn you. When you start using the mind of Christ, people will think you’re crazy. So what! If you want to do anything great for God or for this world or even just for your family, you must get to the point where you don’t care what other people think…you are going to make the right choice and you are going to do the right thing.

2 /Choose Your Words, For They Become ActionsSo, now we have to go to from thinking to saying. When you keep thinking about something, you will see yourself do it. Remember the ice-cream? You were passionate about eating that ice-cream that got you off the coach running to the store, go home again, put it on a plate and decide to eat it.

When you keep thinking about something, you will be mental mapping without even knowing it. You will see yourself do it in your own mind and then you have to make steps beyond the thoughts and start talking about it. To use a scripture, you will start to, “call those things which be not as though they were” Rom.4:17.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionSo, not only will you picture what you believe and what you are thinking about, but you also begin to speak about what you are thinking about. You will start praying about it and you will start quoting scripture to yourself about what you want to accomplish. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, greater is He that lives in me than he that is in the world, when God is for me nobody can be against me, I am more than a conqueror” and so forth.

Refuse to say things like I cannot do that or I don’t have the skills to do that. Refuse to speak little about yourself. Choose to look ahead and speak about your future as Rom. 4:17 says and decide to begin to push towards your destiny in God.

Maybe you need some restoration in an area of your life; maybe there is a relationship in your life that isn’t working as it should. Speak scriptures over it. "

It is important to know that God responds to mental mapping. If we are going Hs way, which takes us on the right path, He will never stop us. But if we are going against His way, which is against our own good, divine destiny, then God has every sovereign right to either (1) let us go our own way or (2) stop us. It’s up to Him to choose if He will or will not intervene.

God has already sent His Son, then the Holy Spirit. He has already given us a free will and access to His great love, grace

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionand mercy. The rest is up to us. We choose what we are going to do in this life. We choose whether we are going to pray and seek Him concerning our destiny or whether we’re going to wander aimlessly through life.

All of us have a free will to go toward or against our divine destiny to become the person we were created to be or not. Your future is up to you. Think according to what God thinks, build a mental map and I promise you, God will take notice of your faith. There is nothing that you can’t do!

God has a good plan for your life. Personality and talent alone can’t promote a person in life. Psalm 75:6-7 says, “For no one on earth—from east or west, or even from the wilderness—should raise a defiant fist”.

It is God alone who judges; He decides who will rise and who will fall. In other words, promotion doesn’t really come from the east, west or the south…it comes from the north, the heavens, which is where the Lord resides!

Promotion comes from God and from operating according to the principles He set into place in the beginning of time. What you sow, you will reap. What you think about, you will become. What you speak, you will draw into your life. Where is your focus? Where is

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionyour faith? Because that is what is going to determine your destiny.

3 /Choose Your Actions, For They Become HabitsRun towards your destination. You have to believe in your destiny; I do! My husband and I attended a Bible school in Tulsa Oklahoma with Billy Joe and Sharon Daugherty; it was the best time of my life so far. Well, we were encouraged to think and speak who we are in Christ. Plus they encouraged us to write down a vision for the following 5 years.

My husband and I felt impressed to start a bible school in The Netherlands. So, here we were. We had to think and speak and act upon it. It was quite a challenge I must say, but our teachers and Ps.Billy Joe believed in us maybe more than we believed in ourselves.

After some time, we had to start to act on everything that we had been believing and speaking which meant really going to Amsterdam in The Netherlands and start acting upon everything that we had written on paper. I can tell you that everything that we had written down came to pass. It was a very strange experience for us, but God responded to our faith.

We believed to start the school with 12 students and finish the 1st

year with 50 students. It happened!

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionWe believed for a building close to the train station. It happened. Plus we didn’t have to pay any rent for the 1st year!We believed for one student to come into the school out of the homosexual lifestyle. It happened!We believed to work with at least 12 pastors from other churches. It happened!We believed for a couple to come into the school who would take over the leadership of the school once we would go on to our next mission. It happened!

I could go on and on; it was a marvelous time filled with miracles and good things. By the way the name of our Bible school was Destiny Bibleschool International.

In today’s world, destiny is a word that isn’t used much because it’s lofty and can seem “beyond” us. But let me tell you something…destiny is real. Every day, people just like you and me are living out their destiny all around the world.

We all have a destination. We all have a destiny. Some people have seemingly “larger” destinations to reach than others, but all of us are important. We’ve all got something to do that matters, whether it appears that way or not. If you just touch one person in this world and help him or her along the way, it’s worth it.

If others can do it. Why not you?

You’ve heard it said before. The battlefield is in the mind. So,

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionmake it easy for yourself and decide right now that you are not going to fill your mind with thoughts that will only make life harder for you. This is an effort, but it is worth it. One of the most practical things you can do to start moving forward mentally, is to stop thinking that what you want to do is overly hard.

To achieve the results of your mental map, you are going to have to take action on a daily basis. If your mind is cluttered with “can’t” and “it’s too hard,” it will be really hard for you to just do what you have to do each day. Your mind wants to convince you that fulfilling your destiny, doing whatever God called you to do, is some super-difficult accomplishment. Don’t let your mind run wild with “I can’t” thoughts.

I know, it’s not easy, but it is doable. If others have done it, why can’t you? If God has put your destiny in your heart, why not go for it? Is it an effort to stop letting your thoughts run wild into negativity? Yeah, it is not easy to reel in your own thoughts. If you struggle with this area, it’s because your mind has been conditioned to accept negativity as being “real” or rational.

The easiest thing to do in life is nothing. If you want nothing, think that way. Do nothing and you will get nothing. But if you want to go somewhere in your life, with your marriage, with your kids, at your job, with a dream or whatever, then you have to win

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionthe battle in your mind.

Remember, you have to win in your mind before you can win in life. Turn your doubts around. Instead of letting “I can’t” run through your mind, make a decision to lean on the Word of God and quote it to yourself by saying , “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!” Phil.4;13

Remind yourself of who you are in Christ Jesus. Condition yourself by speaking good things. You see, you have to condition your mind to think higher. That doesn’t happen overnight, but it can happen night after night. The Word builds faith and action builds up confidence.

4 /Choose Your Habits, For They Become CharacterSomebody once said when you want to form a habit; you have to do it for 21 days straight. One thing is sure that “the doing”, the action forms habits. A doer is not afraid to make the sacrifices necessary to see his or her heart’s desire become a reality. A doer is someone who moves beyond mental mapping, beyond ideas and into action. Actions form habits.

1. Doers are not lazy.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passion2. Doers are willing to work in whatever circumstances are

necessary.3. Doers are willing to change and exchange old methods for

new methods.4. Doers are proud of what they have done, but they aren’t

satisfied with stopping.5. Doers do!

Doers make the world go around. We talk about them. We are amazed by their focus, their tenacity and their accomplishments. What do they have that non-doers don’t have? Determination. They bring mental mapping – determined thinking into determined speaking - into determined doing that become determined habits and change your character!

God calls us to not just believe what He says in His Word, but also to do what He says, too. While believing and speaking out your dream or idea is crucial, it is action formed habits that must come next if you want results.

The Bible puts it this way:

But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don't obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free,

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionand if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. James 1:22-25

A doer recognizes the freedom of liberty of living by the Word. A doer is blessed. A hearer is self-deceived. A hearer goes between clarity and confusion all the time.

He is forgetful. What does He forget? He forgets who he is “in Christ.”

Like a man looking in a mirror and walking away, forgetting what his face really looks like, a hearer gets revelation knowledge and a clear vision of who he is in Christ.

There is nothing that God can’t turn around, no life that he can’t make great. We have a free will and you and I are able to make good choices. You are God’s beloved. You have a place in His heart, no matter what you’ve done and no matter how great your weakness seems. You have a place at His table and His arms of love are open to you now.

There is nothing that you’ve done that is “too bad” for the saving grace of God. He will forgive you, but you have to make the choice to turn to Him. Making the right choices in your thoughts help you build good mental maps – foundations of good thoughts that will lead you to make the right choices in life. You can’t

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Choose Your Habits, For They

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionreach a good, divinely ordered destiny if you make wrong choices willfully.

What you do out of ignorance is one thing, but what you do when you know better is another thing entirely!

You see, God respects the free will that He gave each of us. He respects your right to choose a good destiny in Him, to build positive mental maps that will lead you to positive ideas and positive actions. But He will also respect your right to choose negatively, to choose thoughts, ideas and actions that lead to death, Hell and the grave.

Jesus has beaten those things at the cross, to make a way for you but He will not force your hand or your heart to go the right way – His way, the forgiving way.

If you don’t know Jesus as your Savior, stop right now and pray to Him: God in Heaven, I come to You in the name of Your Son, Jesus. I confess that I haven't lived my life for You. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that He died on the cross and rose again from the dead so I might have a better life now and eternal life in heaven. Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. From this day forward, I'll live my life for You to the best of my ability. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.

You can’t walk a divine path without having the divine One living inside of you. All you have to do is just repent. Be humble.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionReceive His mercy, because it is there for you. Christ went to the cross for you. And He will forgive you of all your sin the moment you turn your heart to Him. Confess that you’ve gone the wrong way. Confess that He is the right way. Then, ask Him to come into your life and help you to start living right, to start building a good and determined thought-life, to start walking down the road to His divine destiny for you – which is His good plan for your life.

The bottom line is that you can’t do some things in your own strength. Willpower is not enough. You need God’s power, living on the inside of you, to come out when you need it, which is why you need more of Him. Read the Word. Let it seep into you. It is going to clean up your mind and help you to get strong inside so that what happens outside won’t affect you as much.

God’s power is inside you. It’s up to you to let it out. Take ownership of it. Recognize it. If God is powerful and He lives in you, that makes you powerful even if you feel weak. It’s a spiritual power that can come up and help you to conquer mental weakness.

Remember, you are not destined to be weak. That weakness is not from God, so it’s no good. What’s from God is always good. Call on Him. Ask Him for help. You can conquer any weakness, no matter what it is, if you commit to God and focus on becoming free of it. It can actually become strength.

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionMorning by morning, choose God’s path. He’ll help you to stay on track so that you can fulfill His good plan for your life and so that you can have and enjoy your “greatest desire.” Who knows what that is? Who knows what it will be? But you will stick it out, God is going to help you to not only build a great mental map and not only begin walking on the best path for your life, but He is also going to help you to stay on the right way.

"You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it. Mat 7:13 -14

Anybody can give up. Anybody can follow a weakness to the end. Be one of the few who find the narrow and always rewarding path of God! This is the only way that leads to a truly good life!

5 /Choose Your Character, For It Becomes Your Destiny.

You are unique and you are valuable. God has given you a divine destiny and it is not going to be like anyone else’s destiny. No matter what God calls you to do, He will use you in a unique way. Why? Because you are unique, you have something in you that is different from others.

God doesn’t make clones. We are all different and it is good. If your heart is in the right place and you’re simply “you”, God is

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Choose Your

Character, For It

Becomes

5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passiongoing to cause your uniqueness to shine. Your destiny will not be a carbon copy of someone else’s, even of someone you admire. If you follow God, you’re going to see that your destiny is uniquely your own.

Before a person gets saved, they have the choice to either believe or not believe. Their choice determines what they’ll do in life. The Word tells us that we are predestined to conform to the image of Christ Jesus – it’s the destiny that God has given to all of us. Yet, not everybody gets saved. Why? We live by choice and not by chance!

We have a great gift called free will. So, the choices we make as we move through life will either propel us toward God or away from God and each choice affects our life. I believe with everything in me that your divine destiny is to stick with God from the moment you receive Him as your Savior to the moment you breathe your last breath.

It is also your divine destiny to become the person He has created you to be. Spiritually, physically and financially, God wants the best for your life. And your personal best is always going to be found as you follow after God with a pure heart, wherever that road may lead you.

Nobody has a destiny to live for the devil. Even the devil had a choice to either follow after God or rebel against

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionHim. He chose rebellion and damnation. However, because he had no tempter, he is eternally damned. Think about it. There was no one to tempt satan. He drew up iniquity for his own being. He chose it out of vanity and a budding lust for glory.

Yet, you and I – mankind – have not done this. We were lured away from God by the devil; we did not do it on our own. When it comes to salvation or anything else in life, we have choices. In reality there is only one good choice – salvation and following after God.

Some people move toward their destiny in God, others move away from their destiny in God. If we choose to accept our destiny, if we choose to conform to the image of Christ Jesus, then we become the characters that God has hand-selected for this generation.

You were born for such a time as this; we might experience the coming back from Jesus to this earth. What an honor to live in this particular time.

Pursue your destiny with passion. You have a unique destiny. I don’t have to know you to know that God has created a part for you in the greatest story on earth. It’s a part that only you can play and a divine destiny that only you can fulfill. Forget about trying to fit in someone else’s mold. Don’t compare yourself with somebody else for one minute! Forget trying to fit in somebody else’s mold. Keep your thoughts free of those kinds of obstacles

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With Passionby accepting yourself and the utterly unique destiny that God has preordained for you.

If you want anything in life, you’ve got to not just work hard, you have to believe hard. Plenty of people work hard and don’t get much. They don’t believe in themselves. They don’t believe that they can go higher.

So, even though they work hard and they see some increase, they don’t go forward very much in joy. If you want anything from God, you’ve got to believe in faith. You’ve got to put aside doubt, worry, fear and anxiety in favor of faith and peace.

What are you believing for? God is for you. He loves you. He wants to bless you, to give you not only a fulfilling life, but also the desires of your heart, whether that is to do something or to have something.

God is for you. He is never against you. When you put your faith in Him, you can expect that He will prove Himself to you as a faithful Father, a surprising Father!

Quote from seminar speaker Bob Weiland, who lost both of his legs in war...

"DO NOT MAKE YOUR DECISIONS BASED UPON YOUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

MAKE THEM BASED UPON YOUR FUTURE- YOUR DESTINY"

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5 Keys To Pursue Your Destiny With PassionCome on over and join me on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest of what's going on in the Choice Driven Life Community...

You can come and help us with your own input in this group by opening up a question to awaken people to the process of changing their own lives with one thought at a time. Share with us things that worked for you and invite others to share as well.

I, Olga will give my own input and love for everybody to come and join in the conversation.

Thank you so much for reading this guide; I hope that the sequence of the given steps will have an impact on you and give you a breakthrough in your own areas of life. If we take this process serious, we will see a serious change in our life.

God bless you!Choose Your Thoughts to Change Your Life!

Olga Hermans

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