by John Garfield | January 25, 2020 | Blog, Initiative
Fathers impart blessing on people and favor on the works in their book. The people, their book and their works are strategic ingredients in reformation. Their works flow out of the purpose in their book. God favors those people and work. Father’s connect those dots...
by John Garfield | January 19, 2020 | Blog, Dreams
I watched a new department manager of projects introduce himself to a staff of 100 engineers. The one phrase that stuck in my mind was, “I am very results-oriented.” Now project engineers, including me, tend to be results-oriented anyway, so the remark passed without...
by John Garfield | January 10, 2020 | Blog, Initiative, Kingly Mindset
Anti-favor – The best place to start a discussion on God’s favor is to understand the pain of living out of His favor. It’s worse than not having His positive intervention in our lives. It feels like the world is against us, and nothing works. Our health, finances,...
by John Garfield | December 28, 2019 | Blog, Kingly Mindset
The image of success is often painted with a thin veneer of never failing. When we fail, shame sets in and the accusation is, “Successful people don’t fail, but success is not for you; you are a failure.” I lost the family nest egg in a bad investment seven years ago....
by John Garfield | December 17, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Initiative
I got back from ten exciting days in Europe after 24 hours of airports on a Monday night and went to work Tuesday morning with a combination of euphoria, jet lag, a cold, and a sense of overwhelm on what to do next. While I was nursing a little self-pity, Jesus...
by John Garfield | December 7, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams, Greatest Hits
The blog that walks through the Tribe graphic above is here. I just got back from 10 days in Europe. There is a great awakening happening around the world. It has different looks in different mountains. It’s a shift from servants who need help, healing, and guidance...
by John Garfield | November 18, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams
We used to think gifts of the Spirit weren’t for anybody. Then we decided they were for a few. Now we know they are for anyone who has faith and maturity to operate in them. Becoming a seer is the same. It’s for everyone. First the why, then the how. Why see? – Seeing...
by John Garfield | November 10, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams
We would all like to be the hero of our story. We all want to hear, “Well done.” We all like the sense of his favor to fill our sails and to touch the miraculous on occasion, i.e., to confirm He is with us. The problem is the resistance is real. It’s not easy....
by John Garfield | November 1, 2019 | Blog, Kingdom Corporations, Wealth
How to Avoid Becoming “Marketing Road Kill” The marketing and motivational world pull us in the direction of our dreams. We want to break through to our abundant life and haven’t been getting there. So, we are candidates for help. They promise: You can have it all –...
by John Garfield | October 27, 2019 | Blog, Discipleship, Greatest Hits
People who tell stories engage us. Leaders who tell us our story move us. We lead people into their greatness when we connect them with their own story – it’s a prophetic process – that you can do. People, organizations, corporations, and nations that are great are...
by John Garfield | October 23, 2019 | Courts & Council, Greatest Hits
There is a healthy transition from intellectualism to an experience-based faith right now. Sound doctrine is essential, but we all got saved based on experiences with Jesus. We can approach courts and decrees from a methodic, cerebral perspective and have a shopping...
by John Garfield | October 13, 2019 | Blog, Initiative, Kingly Mindset
Connecting with the purpose God wrote in our hearts starts with the belief that there is a cause and giving myself permission to go there and look. This dreams-really-do-come-true stuff feels like the last time I was out on a limb and got it sawed off. I hear these...
by John Garfield | September 28, 2019 | Blog, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
My personal purpose in life flows from the desires God wrote in my heart and the activities that naturally result. Fruit always flows from our hearts – good and bad. The following is a list of symptoms of not having a purpose, then a list of fruit when we do have...
by John Garfield | September 22, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams
We usually translate communion as remembering the sacrifice of Jesus’ blood in the context of our personal forgiveness. We think of the drinking unworthily as coming to communion carrying unforgiveness against other people. We check this box by extending forgiveness...
by John Garfield | September 15, 2019 | Blog, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
Before any of us volunteer to get on a train, we would like to know where it’s going. We would also like that destination to be somewhere we really want to go. I’ve had the experience of riding a train in Poland. I can’t read any of the signs, and very few people...
