🔥 Spiritual Narcissism
The first four paragraphs of this blog are an edited transcript of the first two minutes of a video by Erwin McManus that lit me up. I have not heard a better explanation. What Does God’s Voice Sound Like? At our business conference, the Arena, I aim to create an...🔥 Keep Your Reins Even
True leadership isn’t about simply giving orders, it’s about being connected to the vine of Father’s Purpose and emboldening others to do the same. Ford was good with horses and cattle I want to start out with a story. I was raised on a ranch in Montana, and my...🔥 Servants are Droids
Servant leader isn’t the goal. Jesus said it first to his disciples, I no longer call you servants (Jn 15:15). The concept of servant leadership is a religious sacred cow whose time has expired. Moses was a servant in the Old Covenant, but Jesus was the...🔥 When Marketing Feels Cheesy
This summer I started two businesses as a brand partner in health-related networking marketing opportunities. I was previously coming from a perspective that I would never be part of such a cheesy crowd! The conflicting emotion is that Make America Healthy...🔥 The Why in Business is Kingdom Purpose
Unlock Your Kingdom Business Purpose Are you an accomplished business leader who feels there’s something more you’re called to do? You’ve built success, gained influence, and you’re deeply connected to the world around you. Yet you’re ready for...🔥 Prophetic Purpose is a KPI
Money is not the metric of real Wealth, Its purpose. 🔥 True riches include those stored as treasures in Heaven (Mt 6:20). 🔥 The most important KPI is doing What Father is doing (Jn 5:19). Entrepreneurial sons and daughters in the business mountain have a love language...🔥 The Sonship Movement In Business
I few to Phoenix for a marketing workshop last weekend. I was braced for the normal fast-taking hype, tall tales, and upsells. But what I experienced was mostly believers in a business culture of helping one another succeed. There was a younger generation of 20’s and...🔥 Servants are Stewards – Sons are Owners
Stewardship is taken for granted as an intellectual Christian virtue. The problem is that it chains people to the concept of being a servant and treating others like servants. We all go through a maturing process where we steward another man’s vision and serve their...🔥 Marketing Via Relational Transactions
As business owners or leaders, we’re all in the people business. The best leaders or sales staff are always personable, able to communicate and connect with people’s hearts. They make you feel valued, known, and esteemed. They make us feel like a friend they’ve always...🔥 Putting Your Purpose in Motion
In the motivational world of self-help, getting something for nothing is the marketing message. The something is nearly always related to making more money. Unfortunately, having more stuff isn’t directly connected to happiness and dreams coming true. You can get some...🔥 From Self-Improvement to Sonship
Self-improvement is the holy grail of business management, coaching, religion, and the whole personal growth industry. You’re already awash in the media propaganda for self-awareness, self-discipline, self-help, self-concept, self-care, self-love, self-actualization,...🔥 How to Lead a 1-on-1
A 1-on-1 meeting between staff and leader is a weekly face-to-face meeting used to build rapport for both professional and personal development. The key is leaders that listen and staff who set the agenda around what is important to them, it’s their meeting. Know why...🔥 If I Had Money
If I just had more money, I would ______________. When my ship comes in, I will _______________. We’ve all said this to ourselves and to God. We live in secular and Christian cultures that believe money is the measure of success and spirituality; that money is a...🔥 Build Your Team on Purpose
Personal and work relationships can be fun when they are built around shared purpose. I don’t like to commit to a business relationship without knowing what’s in the other guy’s heart. I want to know his why, so we don’t get surprised when adversity shows up. If we’re...🔥 It’s Not About Me!
Immediate Results – Sue and I get a newsletter from a stock trading service. They had a recent meeting for their clients and the report is that that one presenter stole the show. He had a new AI generated stock trading technique that got immediate results. The story...🔥 Leading Serfs to Sonship
Leadership is complicated by the distinction between serfs and sons; early adopters and dawdlers. We are in a disruptive shift to a Kingdom age and the turmoil is easily seen in cultures around the world. There is a universally high anxiety level over the negative...🔥 Face Time in Heaven (Pt 1)
The Secret Place is Face to Face Pantheism is a belief that Got is a force instead of a distinct personality. A force might have static principles, laws, and values, but God has a voice; He speaks in dynamic conversations. His mercies and manna are new every day....🔥Prophecy and the Council
The inspiration to write this blog came via a friend in business who is currently walking the gang plank at the point of a prophetic gun he is imposing on himself, trying to do the right thing. I wrote this blog around intercession in the Courts and Council for him....Mentors Father Purpose
The goal (heads or hearts) – There is typically (and tragically) no relationship expectations between students and teachers or managers and employees. In fact, secular boundaries suggest distance! The goal is efficient dissemination of information into heads....Flowing From Your Heart
The business, marketing, and motivational worlds believe that mindset causes feelings, and feeling motivates actions. So, if your life is in the dumpster, simply change your perception of who you are and what is happening. New neural pathways will be created in your...Turn Hirelings into Heroes
Staff attrition is always a source of discouragement and profit erosion for a business owner. Not surprisingly, it feels like a relational and strategic betrayal when a senior leader moves on. Why did it happen? Why couldn’t I see this coming? You can; we’ll explain...Leaders Manage Purpose
If your purpose adds value, then people, money, and God’s favor will come and help you! Businesspeople are often “too busy” to nail their prophetic purpose. Their leadership is not particularly inspiring, and they are prone to rely on personal authority to motivate...Red Light Green Light
I recently got this comment from a good friend and thought it was very instructive: John, clearly, your perspective is that the Council is located in a spiritual realm, apart from us – “heaven.” What if the real location of the council is “in God” who is in you? See...Spiritual intelligence (SQ)
We all got saved via an experience with Jesus. We came from a very rational, intellectual space disconnected from our hearts and God. Then, we experienced Jesus in a way that doesn’t lend itself to explanation or need to. Yet, surprisingly, many believers who start...Answering God’s Prayer
One of the impacts of sons going to the council is getting exposed to the Father’s heart. God’s Kingdom gives us a balance between the desire of my heart and the desires in God’s heart. Father is concerned about the desires of your heart (Ps. 37:4), but there are also...From Servant to Son
The God we “serve” isn’t really looking for servants. He is not the King of servants; He is the King of kings. Our Father isn’t looking for compliant submission from servants. His heart is longing for collaborative creativity from sons. He treasures two things: 1)...Mighty Men and Daily Wins
Mighty Men Do One Thing Well, they stay “in Christ!” Sons who do exploits in a great or small measure have the same testimony as Jesus; it is the Father, living in me, who is doing His work (John 14:10). There is nothing more refreshing or life-giving than...9 Anointings on Sons
The Gospel of the Kingdom includes salvation, but it’s primarily about becoming a son. More here. The good news is that sons operate in their Father’s purpose and power, they have access to the courts and council of Heaven, and they inherit their Father’s...Awakening to Reformation
The story of Humanity is the 2000-year redemption from Serfs to Sons… Captives are being set free. This is particularly true in Slavic history. It’s not about what the devil is doing: covid, vax, the economy, the media, Marxism, or the tyranny in...The Gospel – Saved Into Significance
When people first encounter Jesus they ask the two questions below. First, I want the relationship and the promise of heaven. Salvation is an amazing experience of sensing God for the first time. It’s never just an intellectual decision, although we do decide for...The Wokeocalypse is Here
Luke 12:1-3 – “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. “But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. “Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the...Jesus Has a Question for You
Jesus asked 307 recorded questions in the Bible, but people only asked Him 183 questions. Why? When a servant encounters God, he expects the ten commandments. Servants expect to be told what to do, how to do it, and when. They deal in statements of fact. Obedience is...What’s the Purpose of Tribe?
“Tribe” brings up images of small groups, cell groups, and masterminds where someone leads a discussion around a theme and encourages everyone else to participate. We’re supposed to learn, feel loved, accepted, and develop a sense of belonging. Unfortunately,...The Fallacy of Guru Greatness
The concept of discipleship implies followers and leaders. It’s entirely appropriate when we are young in the Lord. However, the ultimate goal is that God wants to be the Father of His own sons, the ones for which all creation has been waiting. He wants to share...Do You Know What’s in Your Book?
Book is a term for your calling or destiny in God’s Kingdom (from Ps 139:15-16). We all have a book or purpose for being here, and we are all still filling in the blanks of where it leads. We help people clarify what’s in their books, www.OnlineHeartPlan.com. There...How Do I Clarify My Purpose?
Before we can connect with the Heart of God, we have to connect with what He wrote in our own heart. David was a man after God’s own heart, and we are given the key of David. It’s the key to heaven that sons use to access the council. Sons don’t show...From Washout to Your Dream
From 90% Washout; to 90% Retention https://www.connectingheartstopurpose.com I have an offer – I want to “convert” you (Online Courses, MLM’s) “Teasing” you with something you want (wealth, health, happiness, self-image) “Conversions” is marketing language = I want to...Intro to Heart Plan
The Online Heart Plan – WIIFM (What’s In It For Me!) The Online Heart Plan starts September 4, but the lead up is a 5-day challenge beginning August 31. You’re the hero – most of us want meaningful lives filled with purpose (significance) We want to do something...Help Launch Intentional Reformation Primer
Help! We’re launching John’s ebook for $99 cents on Amazon Kindle this Friday (Today, May 29). Why? – It’s 5 steps to the dream God wrote in your heart – It’s useful, practical, and engaging (and short) – We’re going to make it a best...How You Can Tell a Transformational Story
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...Purpose Defeats Problems Every Time
People have problems – Some are a bit self-inflicted, but resistant to change because they are there for a reason. And, people occasionally like those reasons more than they like your help. For example, wounded hearts try to lighten the pain with...Learning the Language of Heart
The language of our hearts is pictures, scenes, movies, and images. That’s why dreams are never just words. When we want to change our hearts, a new movie script is required to exchange for the old. That translates to an experience. We don’t learn from more...Heart Boundaries and Breakthroughs
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...Fathering Brilliance
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,...What Masculinity Looks Like
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,...Overcomers Wear Nike’s
The video is here. We all want to be overcomer’s. The question is how. The Kingdom is exciting and is progressing from individuals all the way to nations. It’s easy to see the advance even in the news. Kingdom warfare and casualties are also a reality. Even...The Father’s Heart for Nations
The video is here. It’s helps all of us to know where we’re going and how we and God plan to get there. Kingdom is all about co-laboring with Christ to do what the Father is doing. There is plenty of room for initiative and creativity that is fueled by understanding...Growing in Wisdom and Stature
My Grandfather (Jess ~ 1915) and Father (Ford – 1975) My grandfather raised horses in Montana and my dad had a cattle ranch and used good horses all the time. Growing up, I wanted to be just like dad, so starting at six years old, he gave me a series of horses...Finding My Ministry Model
We are in a huge transition: from 5-fold ministry to a thousand-fold. Those called into “ministry” exceed the sand on the seashore and the stars in the sky. Why? Because we are in a reformation to bless nations.
From Church to Kingdom and Back
The Video is here. The biggest “motivator” for every Christian is experiencing God’s presence and power (in the church) and then getting the invitation to walk with the Father to do even greater works (in the Kingdom). The church is an incubator for new believers and...Leaders Tell Stories
The video is here. People, organizations, corporations and nations that are great are that way for reason. They have connected the dots to the reason for their existence. Organizations or people that exist merely for themselves aren’t worth leading. Idolatry of self...Poland – Two Voices Pt. 1
The video is here. The key to the Kingdom is centered around becoming comfortable in our God-given identity. There is an authenticity and an authority that comes when we connect with the desires of our heart. Instead of trying to discipline ourselves to rise up to...How to Delegate to Empower
The video is here. The practical side of working with people in any mountain starts with knowing what makes us tick. We all do exactly what’s in our hearts. We don’t do what we say and we don’t even do what we intellectually believe. Our hearts are driving the bus....Micro Church
The video is here. Micro church is the concept of extending the ministry of traditional church into the 7 mountains. What makes a great life? First we find our purpose (in the desires of our heart), then we find our people (micro-church). The distinctions are simple:...Identity – Who am I?
The video is here. Jesus is not just the master of servants, or the Father of sons, or the first born of many brothers. He is also the Lord of lords and King of kings. We all go through a transition from being comfortable as a faithful son who obeys the Holy Spirit....Sharing Your Why
The video is here. There is a sound in the Kingdom built around sharing your “why” – the real reasons for the motivations of our hearts. If we try to convince others to adopt our why, it feels disingenuous and raises the resistance we all have for a sales pitch. If...In Christ
The video is here. One of the great keys of the Kingdom is learning to dwell “in Christ.” It is simply surrendering our agenda to be with Jesus and see what’s on His heart. That place and time is the wellspring of everything we have to give others. He who dwells in...Getting Connected With Our Hearts
One of the distinctive features of followers of Jesus entering His Kingdom is that they become themselves. Religion is trying to be better than you really are. Christianity is becoming who you really are and creating an abundant lifestyle that blesses people and...Resetting Your Heart
The video is here. Making decisions – We usually think of making decisions in our mind. The western bias premised on “enlightened reasoning” is that change happens when we change our minds. Nothing could be further from the truth. Everything we say and do comes right...Obedience Kills
The video is here. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant — not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Cor 3:6 NIV The media has been full of stories about muslim terrorism. They believe that they are...Experiencing Surrender
The video is here. The Old – Surrender means that, in the face of insurmountable odds, we raise our hands and give up. It means letting go and letting God. It means letting go of our own will, taking up our cross and letting God have His way. Instead of doing our own...Embracing Vulnerability
When we were in Dallas last weekend sharing about Releasing Kings and hearts, I shared my own stories of tragedy and triumph. There is some fragrance that comes into our lives when we experience a death and resurrection on a personal level. Everyone there was either...The Education Mountain
The video is here. We usually put releasing Kings in the context of business and wealth creation because of my own personal bias. However, releasing hearts is a Kingdom principle that works in every mountain. Education is a great example. Since we were all full time...Do What You’re Told
The video is here From child training, to public education, to corporate management theory, there is a common theme of teaching people obedience. Professional mentoring, journeyman training, and discipleship in the church revolve around a similar principle. The fact...Relational Leaders
The video is here Business schools and MBA programs are typically staffed with instructors who have never owned a business and never will. It’s a symptom of our culture. One of the primary areas of failure in leadership, mentoring, management, and education is trying...Raising Kingdom Kids
Teaching our children to follow us as we follow Jesus is not a small challenge. Believing parents do take it seriously, but for most, when the kids are all grown, we can look back on some serious mistakes and mixed results. The current generation of young adults in...Connecting With Our Heart
The video is here. One of the most profound ingredients of “Kingdom” is making the transition from servant to friend in our relationship with Jesus. God is walking us all through this transition to Kingdom by teaching us how to connect with what He’s already written...He Is Still Alive
The video version of this blog is here The concepts of market place ministry and finding your 7-mountain role is embedded in the gospel of the Kingdom. We are saved through Jesus’ death and resurrection, but the invitation into the Kingdom goes beyond an invitation to...7 Kingdom Strategies
The video for this blog is here. God is pointing us toward revival, intentional reformation, and Kingdom, and He’s inviting us to be more practical and strategic. Waiting on God and prayer are good and essential, but the Lord is inviting us to implement our prayer in...Resurrection, a Slingshot Into Your Destiny
The video is here. 2014 is a year of promise and promotion and opportunity. It can be difficult to believe that our future has this potential, because the recent path has been filled with loss and difficulty and tragedy – all the things associated with death. Here is...Putting Love in Leadership
How we got here – Around 1900, Henry Ford developed an assembly line process that successfully produced millions of cars. As the decades went by, Fordism crept into education and management theory in a conceptual way that resulted in humans being thought of as objects...Having a Teachable Heart
The video is here Becoming a King in the sense of fulfilling your destiny and living at a level of abundance that allows you to bless others is no accident. There is a connection between the wisdom, wealth, Kingdom ministry and a teachable heart. The good news is that...11th Hour Disciples
The video version is here. Sometimes the Lord gives a verse number and lets me go look it up. This time I was praying about 2014 and went to Mt 20:14… the 11th hour disciples. Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. Matt...Fathers and Managers
The video version of this newsletter is here. The emphasis on Kingdom influence in our culture is something the Lord is speaking in all of our hearts. One response is to focus on the shortcomings of the church. It’s a negative point and I don’t find diminishing the...Corporate Heart Plans
The video introduction to this newsletter is here. The concept of getting in touch with our heart’s desires and finding our Kingdom purpose has an amazing impact in individual lives. It puts us on the team of making disciples of nations and the kind of reformation...Send Me!
The video version of this blog is here. When we are saved and filled with God’s Spirit there is a very natural desire in our hearts to please the Father. When we are new in the Lord we want to serve Him and obey him. As we mature our initiatives our more Kingly and...Change of Heart
The video version of this newsletter is here. Much of the secular coaching profession as well as pulpit preaching is centered on managing what we think, say and do. Linking attitudes with behaviors and emotions is a popular theme in both camps. The concept is that if...You Get What You Preach
The video is here. There is a shift happening among many believers in terms of the message that they are hearing. Said from the other perspective, the gospel of sin management or the gospel of salvation is being expanded to the gospel of the Kingdom. We are not...Transforming Relationships
You can watch the video here. We live in the information age, and our concepts of how to change are usually skewed a bit by not being in touch with our own hearts. Both the marketing world and the church have adopted an informational approach to personal...Metrics For Coaching
I love the concept of coaching at a heart level. It releases Kings and sets captives free in amazing ways. At the same time, coaching, books, and conferences that don’t produce real fruit are a reality, even in the Christian community. So why don’t we measure the...The Great Omission
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. Ps 2:8 NIV Therefore go and make disciples of all nations… Matt 28:19 NIV As we have cultivated the concept of Releasing Kings for Marketplace Ministry through books,...Stewards and Superstars
In the course of pursuing dreams and experiencing the desires of our hearts, we all weigh the concepts of being a faithful steward of what God has for us and experiencing the fruit of God’s intervention in our lives. Stewards emphasize discipline, wisdom and...Trajectories of the Heart
In the world of coaching, psychology and self-help there is a truth that goes something like this: “People who believe they are ‘worthy’ have a strong sense of relational connection, love, and feel they belong.” These people can embrace their vulnerability and become...Out of Control
The concept of being “out of control” isn’t a particularly comforting thought. It translates to something about our health or finances or a relationship that has gone wrong and we are stuck in an unpleasant circumstance. It happens to all of us. I also want to suggest...When the Heavens are Brass
The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. Deut 28:23 NIV There are times in our walk when prayers feel like they are going unanswered or we are just too discouraged to spend time in prayer. We’ve also experienced the mountain tops when...Experiencing Resurrection
The first step – We have all heard stories of millionaires having a history of bankruptcies and failures before they reach their dream. I want to suggest that there is a principle in the spirit by which God prunes, kills, shakes or breaks off things in our lives so...The Father’s Coaching Heart
We are all discipled through personal relationships. I’ve invested 40+ years in traditional services, conferences and classes, have written two books, preached in my own church for 13 years, and this newsletter is approaching number 400 over the last eight years. All...Showing Ourselves To Be His Disciples
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 15:8 NIV Adding a Kingdom perspective to our traditional church discipleship process has some profound implications, not just for others, but for you and me. We want to...Going Viral
We touched His glory this weekend at a Releasing Kings conference. Like breaking the alabaster box and releasing the fragrance, we released some of His glory from within the saints. We’ll never know the full ramifications until heaven. My heart is full and satisfied...The Purpose of the Church
I actually think the church is healthy and growing worldwide. It is popular, and somewhat appropriate, to “bash” religion right now. Old wineskins are continually being exchanged for new and that process has historically been painful and contentious. What is...Choosing a Path Of Life
Tele-Seminar – Beverly Lewis and I discussed Kingdom impacts in an interview, “Have fun, make money and love people.” Listen to the recorded version here. Ray Edwards and I did a second interview that is just as good. Both are about an hour and give a great summary of...Fathers Who Connect
Tele-Seminar – Beverly Lewis and I discussed Kingdom impacts in an interview, “Have fun, make money and love people.” Listen to the recorded version here. Ray Edwards and I did a second interview that is just as good. Both are about an hour and give a great summary of...The Best Defense
A good friend sent me this message as a prophetic admonition. I thought it was very relevant and decided to share it in this newsletter. The Lord has a significant plan for the message that you carry and it is being sharpened to have even more penetration in the days...Encouraging
Results oriented – I was raised on a ranch in Montana where we learned how to get things done. From there I spent a career in engineering where the focus was on cost, scope and schedule. I measured my own self worth and that of others by the ability to get results....Stop Driving the Church Bus
In the course of encouraging Kings to be entrepreneurial and take their Kingdom land, I run into people new to these truths who are frustrated with their local church. The idea of giving your heart permission to go out and create wealth, have fun, love people, and...About Sacrifice
The world economy is in some disarray, so we hear a lot about paying the national debt through “shared sacrifice” which means the government would like more of your money. We’ve been spending trillions to bail out everything from banks to nations, so now we’re running...Adding Substance to Your Dream
It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It’s the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won’t be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live. From The Rose Secular writers...Connecting Disciples with Their Hearts
Guilt vs. dream motivation – I want to offer a simple premise about motivation. Guilt can be a good short-term motivation to stop doing the wrong thing. However, guilt can’t be used as a motivator to do the right thing. It just doesn’t last. People who do reach their...Whats Next for Kings
I saw something at our conference in Warsaw that amazed me. Of the 30-40 people that were saved (at a business conference!), many represented very successful businesses that are already influential in the city. Our church tradition is to rescue dysfunctional people...From Pew to Palace
First Love – When I first got saved the feeling of being known and loved and accepted by God was amazing. When I first found a church home I loved the feeling of God’s presence sweeping over the congregation. We soared like eagles in worship and the prophetic. Finding...Viral Leadership
This week we’re expanding on a theme that started with last week’s newsletter (Independence Day) and a book entitled The Starfish and the Spider. Both are worth a minute to follow the links. Blessing the Nations – marketplace ministry adds a new dimension to the great...Viral Discipleship
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matt 28:19-20 NIV Discipling Nations – We’ve recently come to the realization...
