Breaking Chains!

Posted on September 11, 2014

I just want to thank everyone that came out yesterday to support Open Hearts first community event at South Central Saturday. Breaking Chains was a great success and after months of planning and hard Work put in by the group it was pulled off. I would like to thank all those who donated there time and effort to the cause. Also I would like to thank Cathedral of Life for there offering that was given to the ministry as a seed to be used for the upcoming building. Also to all those that committed to financially supporting this event, your faithfulness is greatly appreciated. A big thank you goes out the brave men that came to speak yesterday from the Grafton Integration Center, some would call them prisoners but from what I heard and saw, I’d say they are alot more free than some of us. There Hearts were pure and there words were filled with Love. If and when you see this, thank you Jay, we love you and what God has done in your life. What you Did took courage and Jeremy would be proud. J.D. your realness was awesome and we wish you luck, God will do great things with you . James we appreciate your insight and delivery of the presentation.

Goal Time Baby

Posted on August 22, 2014 Updated on August 22, 2014

What’s Keeping You from Your Goal?

Ask yourself, “Why haven’t I reached my goal already?” What are the barriers, obstacles, and road blocks in your way? It may be a financial problem or a relational problem or an educational problem holding you back. For some people, it’s an emotional barrier. A lot of people sabotage their own success because they think they aren’t worthy of it. Whatever your barrier is, you need to identify it before you can move forward. In Genesis 24, Eliezer had a number of barriers to his goal of finding a wife for Isaac. He had to figure out how to get to a country he’d never been to, then he had to find the right woman he’d never met. And then he had to convince her to go back with him to a country she’d never been to and marry a complete stranger. Oh, and he had to convince her parents to let her go! Most people would call that “mission impossible.”

Today I have an assignment for you. I want you to write down on paper what your goals are and then I want you to list the barriers. Why am I having you do this? Because you can’t remove an obstacle until you first identify what it is.

Focus your Life with an Open Heart

Posted on August 17, 2014

The next ten years can be the greatest of your life. They can become a Decade of Destiny, where your life is focused and, as a result, you’re able to make an impact in all you do. To get where you believe God wants you to go and be what you know God wants you to be, there are several steps you need to take that will get you focused —

First, determine your present position — You’ve got to know where you are before you can know where you are going. To do that, ask yourself two questions:

Where am I now? Where are you spiritually, financially, emotionally, relationally, physically, and occupationally?

What would I like to change? In all of those areas you identified, what would you like to be different?

God promised Abraham that he would become the father of a great nation. But in Genesis 24, we find Abraham is now an old man and his son, Isaac, still doesn’t have any children yet. Abraham assessed the situation and, as a result, he sent his servant, Eliezer, to find a wife for Isaac.  An important principle here is that it is never too late for you to make a change in your life, even though making the change may take longer than you think. This is why you can’t procrastinate. You can either drift through the next ten years or you can have direction over the next ten years. God wants you to have direction.