by John Garfield | April 14, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Initiative
Several nights back I woke up with a vision for a couple who are good friends. I got up to capture it about 1 AM before it evaporated and pushed save to see if I still believed it in the morning. I passed it on, and it did encourage them. Since then it felt like there...
by John Garfield | April 9, 2019 | Blog, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset, Wealth
Want to know why lottery winners are statistically more likely to face bankruptcy than the rest of us? It’s easy, they didn’t learn to create value. The mental model of getting something for nothing isn’t scriptural, but it does have a root in Christianity (and in...
by John Garfield | March 23, 2019 | Blog, Politics
In my travels to, and prayer for, Europe over the last several years I’ve seen the spiritual influence of serfdom and wrote about it, From Serfs to Surplus. That generational pull is also present in America and causes us to surrender our freedom for ideologies like...
by John Garfield | March 22, 2019 | Blog, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
The video is here: https:// -www.useloom.com/share/3815fe7488e24ac4bf2676bf6090449d The Shift – Many are navigating the reality that ministry is never sustainable without money (lots of it, I might add). We are accustomed to offerings and foundations, but the...
by John Garfield | March 17, 2019 | Blog, Discipleship, Kingly Mindset
Bill Gates had an interesting interview in Business Insider. He’s suggesting we be integral with our hearts. God is too! Life is about intentionally choosing and following through on what matters most — following through on your commitments, as Gates said. Maybe you...
by John Garfield | March 2, 2019 | Blog, Dreams, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations
Bad news – “Twenty percent of small businesses fail in their first year, 30% of small business fail in their second year, and 50% of small businesses fail after five years in business.” 89% of the Fortune 500 companies that existed in 1955 are gone today. Fifty...
by John Garfield | February 17, 2019 | Blog, Dreams
I was a skinny six-year-old when mom got tired of me asking “What is there to do.” She told my dad to take me with him to do the ranch work. From then on, Ford took me everywhere in that pickup; him driving, the cow dog in the middle and me riding shotgun to open all...
by John Garfield | January 20, 2019 | Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
Integral (connected with my heart) naturally leads to integrity. I have nothing to hide and lots to give. Integral means I’m whole. I’m an expression of one part of God’s Kingdom strategy. I’m part of the “whole” purpose which is much bigger than myself. A business is...
by John Garfield | December 31, 2018 | Courts & Council
Yesterday, in the course of a conversation with a friend about business and life and reformation, I mentioned courts and council as great kingdom tools. This morning the Lord tweaked me and said, “The council is not just a tool, it’s your home.” The highlight of 2018...
by John Garfield | December 2, 2018 | Kingdom Corporations
Putting my calling in the context of my vocation and business along with what the Father is doing in nations has helped clarify my own story. Imagine coaching Paul; he wants to take the gospel to Rome knowing he will face confinement and loss of his head (before he...
by John Garfield | November 21, 2018 | Blog, Discipleship
The video is here. Example I had a natural father who encouraged me to pursue my dream. That story is here. I never realized what a gift my dad was until hearing the stories of broken families and the shipwreck it leaves in personal identity. God can reverse all that,...
by John Garfield | October 18, 2018 | Courts & Council, Kingly Mindset
The video is here. The Lord did some amazing things on this trip to Europe. It started in Denver at Terry Tyson’s house with a group of businessmen and women. In Berlin, we met Beverley Watkins and prayed for Europe with 20 people from seven nations (Ireland, UK,...
by John Garfield | September 30, 2018 | Blog, Discipleship, Politics
The video is here. There is a different, masculine sound in our nation right now. I believe its very positive and timely. The imbalance of “maleness” can be too domineering, but not enough masculinity opens a door in the spirit for Jezebel to thrive with control,...
by John Garfield | September 24, 2018 | Blog, Courts & Council, Initiative, Kingly Mindset
You will enjoy reading Seers and Doers. “We are in an era where the forces of feudalism know this is their last shot at maintaining power.” David Brin The “manor lords and serfs” narrative has long been a cultural fact of life from the middle ages to modern...
by John Garfield | September 16, 2018 | Blog, Courts & Council, Kingly Mindset
The video is here, Note: I wrote up two courts and council prayer sessions to go with this blog. The first is my own courts of heaven session – Courts of Heaven for Serfdom. The second is a Council session with prayer for others called Recovering Spiritual...
