Success University

Success University   Proverbs19-20 Don't bother your head with braggarts    or wish you could succeed like the wicked. Those people have no future at all;    they're headed down a dead-end street  Recently, I refused an offer of a 6 figure salary to be a Minister of Music of a prominent church. I was reminded of the great disparity in “success” and music compensation. I also remembered that the success and financial health of the Music Ministry was not linked to any church salary, music tours, DVD and CD sales, music boss, gifts, real estate deals, music conventions. There is no employer that has the grace to finance the Music Ministry assignment. Music ministry success is linked to the my obedience, purity of heart, tithe, offerings and seed & Harvest of the people in Music Ministry.  Purpose of Music Ministry finances are: To represent (the song of the Lord) God on earth Provide for the music family through Music Ministry financial discipline, Serve the least of them in the music industry and ministry. Music Ministry law of 70 financial living on 70% 10 % tithe 10 % saving 10 % investments If hard work, talent and commitment determined success in the Music Ministry then every Sunday school director should be rich. If God determined the success of the Musicians in Music Ministry, then every Sunday school chorus director would own Columbia Records. If Music prosperity and money make you back slide. Then why hasn’t some of the music stars overdosed. Why are the music heirs, wives and families so indigent? Prince $56.5 MILLION ON THE ROAD It rained green, not purple, for Prince in 2004. With $90.3 million in ticket sales, he returned to center stage after a decade in the commercial wilderness, scoring the year's second-highest-grossing tour. And thanks to low production costs, his net take was larger than top grosser Madonna's. (It took twenty-four trucks to haul around Madonna's mammoth tour, while Prince's bare-bones show needed only twelve.) Prince took a reported eighty-five percent of the profits from the concerts, which earned an average $910,000 a night -- and he'll command a higher percentage next time. ON CD Prince sold 1.9 million copies of 2004's Musicology, but that figure is misleading: In a unique scheme, a ten-dollar CD surcharge built into his ticket prices meant that every concertgoer got a copy of the album, whether they wanted it or not. Nonetheless, free agent Prince strikes only one-album distribution deals with record companies (Columbia, in the case of Musicology), which means he earns more than two dollars per CD. Last year's rank: NA Overlook a weakness in flawed vessels Wealth: Music Ministry provision is connected to your success and  finances decisions Money provision is a necessary tool for completing your assignment money is a defense …money answers all thing success is a magnifier of whatever is in side you Does success and money back make you back slide Success is a reward for obedience…it creates increase…success occurs when we learn to do well Gain and  loss are connected to obedience nurture a respect for Music Ministry wealth Excel! Become a problem solver …become the best at what you do cheerfully at what you do excel where you are increase quality of your preparation serve with gladness eliminate lesser goals unclutter your life training beats experience complete what you begin become indispensable a.    money is s a reward  for solving a problem 1.    confront error 2.    confront bad reports 3.    The easier it is for you to be placed the less money you will receive 4.    the problem you notice is connected to your assignment 5.    problems catalyst for rewards 6.    everything you want is on the other side of the problem 7.    unhappy people birth ideas Overlook a weakness in flawed mentorship vessels pursue financial mentorship Spirit imparts knowledge Mentorship transference of info without season of waiting and pain what you believe changes you your mentor love you too much to leave you the way you are only Set specific and progressive goals maintain your enthusiasm dream walls goals give faith for focus great goals connect great people enemies will mount opposition to your goals friends will react favorable to your goals order the exact arrangement of things precision and clarity produce confidence break goals into small bites what is there to stop you-nothing! failure to failure without losing enthusiasms price of your future is something in your present what do you want in your future if God is your partner then make Big goals complete 7 goals, 7 habits things every day Know the voice of the Holy All Answers are in  the scripture Stay in pursuit of Divine favor-it starts with parental chain of command Overlook a father and mother weakness in flawed vessels Treat your employer as you treat God Seed into mentors life 1.    listening 2.    having confidence in them One day of favor Honor your father and mother Rebuild parental connections and relationships- 1.    spiritually 2.    adopted father mother figures God is the true source VIEW God as the true source Pursue relationships with a  God perceived benefit Boss, gifts, DVD, CD sales  real estate are a  perpetual source of disappointment My future is not in your check book Whatever you do for the least in the music ministry you do it unto me STOP SQIRMMING AND MUNIPULATION THE NEXT GIG Decide to honor the inner prompting of the Holy Spirit Be a hostage to Holy spirit first instruction Obsesses with Holy Spirit instructions Are willing to be trained by the Holy Spirit Train for the future Steadfast unmovable abounding in the faith Forego the prompting of the Boss, gifts, DVD, CD sales  real estate, music conventions 1. Some of us inherited a "spirit of poverty" from our parents. It is a familiar spirit that lodges itself in a family lineage and moves from generation to generation. We have to break that generational iniquity. 2. Some of us are selfish by nature. We ignore the needs of others and are constantly focused on our own need. We need to repent and become generous. 3. Some of us are poor stewards of finances. When God has given them we have squandered them without his direction. Rather than use things and love people, we love things and use people. We buy things we don't truly need and ignore the true needs of others and the opportunities to advance God's Kingdom. 4. Some of us are unwisely generous...generous to a fault. We foolishly give to meet people's needs, ministries' needs, and Etc. without God's direction. We are blessing those God is trying to restrict from being blessed. He is actually bringing correction into their lives by limiting their finances and we step in and "bless them" financially. What we do is interfere with the work of God and distract them from his chastening. Why do we do that? Sometimes it's because we want the admiration of others. That kind of giving is sinful. 5. Some of us have unpaid bills in our past for which we've never accepted and exercised responsibility. Loans we never repaid to family members, bosses, banks, or other lending agencies. We have left retail bills unpaid; abandoned our homes and apartments leaving unpaid mortgage and rent that was due; left student loans unpaid; have unpaid traffic tickets and fines; Etc. "It happened before I was saved," someone says. Well, the blood of Jesus washed away your sins, not your financial obligations. If you haven't reconciled each of these things you've stolen from others. You will never experience God's blessings until you make a list and systematically contact each party and explain how and when they will be paid. God says, when you come to the altar to bring him a gift (worship, money, Etc.), and there remember that you have an unreconciled account, or relationship, you should leave your gift at the altar and go and make that right. Only then can God receive and bless your offering. 6. Some of us do not pay tax on our earned income. It's a law. We are robbers and thieves. Jesus was careful to pay his taxes. 7. Some do not tithe. We are trying to live on 100% of our income, ignoring the fact that 10% is God's. If we don't return it to him, he says we've robbed him. 8. Some are under God's chastening. He is using financial pressure to chasten us for or sin. What sin? Any sin. One that is quite obvious is "unforgiveness." In Matthew 18:35 Christ says if we don't forgive those who sin against us, God will release us to the tormentors. Many are financially tormented because they still harbor unforgiveness against someone who has sinned against them. 9. Some are experiencing financial pressure because of a satanic attack. The attack may relate to you, or it may be that you live in a house or apartment where poor stewardship was once rampant. The previous occupants or land owners may have been unscrupulous thieves. You must cleanse the land and property from it's defilement before God can bless you. 10. Some experience financial pressure because God is applying pressure on them to shape them into the image of Christ.