My Church, Potential Church, in Davie Florida is having a series for the new year called Success in 3D. The last two Sundays they have had Christian Pastors who are motivational speakers. Last week they had Dr. Dave Martin Christian Success Coach. And this Sunday they had Sergio De La Mora Sergio De La Mora is the visionary founder and pastor of Cornerstone Church of San Diego, Both were amazing and I bought their books.
Dr. Martin's Force of Favor was truly inspiring. I will write about on my next post. Here is an awesome interview of Dr. Martin by Charisa.com http://www.charismanews.com/marketplace/32242-success-coach-dave-martin-urges-christians-to-take-responsibility.
Mora Sergio De La Mora's book The Heart Revolution is also awesome below is an excerpt from the book: http://www.sergiodelamora.com/blog/ His bio is extremely compelling - he was an ex-gang member and was addicted to cocaine many years ago.
Our Deepest Pain, Our Greatest Lesson
Without God’s perspective, we miss out on some of His greatest lessons found in this tension between joy and tribulation. Think of a car battery. It fulfills its purpose through its power that comes from both a positive and a negative current running through it. When a car battery runs out of power, we give it a jump-start by hooking up both positive and negative cables. The tension of joy and tribulation in our lives works the same way. We need both positive and negative currents to energize our purpose and call. Painful situations “ground” us in ways that joyful situations cannot. But the good news is, when we turn our hearts to Jesus Christ, who has ultimately triumphed over tribulations, we can experience what He promises in His Word:
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] (John 16:33 AMP).
God’s goal for our lives isn’t to simply make us happy. His desire is to make us holy—more like Him. When I talk to people who are hurting, I remind them that Jesus knew shame, ridicule, and rejection. He endured incredible pain, and through it, the writer to the Hebrews tells us a mystery: the perfect Son of God “learned obedience from what he suffered” (5:8 NIV). He learned to depend on the Father more than ever. If we’ll pay attention, we’ll see God is using every situation to give us the opportunity to depend on Him more than we ever have before!
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