by John Garfield | July 29, 2022 | Blog, Dreams, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
Personal Name: John & Sue Garfield (Kennewick, WA) (www.ReleasingKings.com, www.OnlineHeartPlan.com) Family: Sue, 4 kids, and 7 grandchildren Education: BS Chemical Engineering, BA Theology via a local church Business/Vocation: John Garfield Consulting, Engineer...
by John Garfield | July 27, 2022 | Blog, Dreams, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
Why Stories â People who tell stories engage us in the language of our hearts (pictures and movie clips). Leaders who tell us our story move us. We lead people into their greatness when we connect them with their own stories. Itâs a prophetic process that you can do....
by John Garfield | July 8, 2022 | Blog, Dreams, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
The most exciting part of Kingdom business is getting to do what Father is doing (Jn 5:19). A Good business model is repeatable and reproduceable. We consistently provide value in goods or services to others for a profit. It doesnât take long before the new wears off...
by John Garfield | June 4, 2022 | Blog, Creativity, Discipleship, Dreams, Greatest Hits
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...
by John Garfield | January 29, 2022 | Blog, Dreams, Kingdom Corporations
Now that you are a partial preterist (free from rapture theology with the devil conquering earth). What are the next prophetic steps/events that inspire you? What is the joy set before you practically, in this life? What is on your plate from Father, before you go...
by John Garfield | October 9, 2021 | Blog, Dreams, Greatest Hits
True worship that blesses the heart of God is much more than words. What thrills His heart is when sons connect with the desires in their heart, so from the heart, they co-labor with Him to build the Kingdom. 2 Sam 24:24 â I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord...
by John Garfield | March 14, 2021 | Blog, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
We all know people who are not open or receptive to God or us. I typically move on to people that are open, to buy time for the Holy Spirit to do His job and ripen the fruit. I think they can feel the abandonment in that attitude of leaving them behind. By contrast,...
by John Garfield | January 10, 2021 | Blog, Discipleship, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
Book is a term for your calling or destiny in Godâs 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 whatâs in their books, www.OnlineHeartPlan.com. There...
by John Garfield | December 13, 2020 | Blog, Dreams, Greatest Hits
We’re starting two more Heart Plan On-line courses in January. One led by John and the other by Beverly. Why don’t you join us? More on the video and the short answers to your top 10 questions. For you – Getting connected with the purpose God wrote...
by John Garfield | August 27, 2020 | Blog, Discipleship, Dreams, Kingly Mindset, Uncategorized
From 90% Washout; to 90% Retention https://www.connectingheartstopurpose.com I have an offer â I want to âconvertâ you (Online Courses, MLMâs) âTeasingâ you with something you want (wealth, health, happiness, self-image) âConversionsâ is marketing language = I want to...
by John Garfield | July 17, 2020 | Blog, Dreams
Healing for Warriors connects your health and your purpose. I’m writing to a group of people that are chosen and called by God. You have a fruitful Kingdom purpose, and I don’t think of you as “sick.” But, once you say yes to Kingdom, the enemy...
by John Garfield | July 15, 2020 | Blog, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
Most of us have dreams or goals we want to materialize. I have friends who speak of 10X increase in their business. This blog reveals a great way to use your seer gift to discover the right goals for your dream and make them come true. What not to do â Most of us are...
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, âI am very results-oriented.â Now project engineers, including me, tend to be results-oriented anyway, so the remark passed without...
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. Itâs 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 werenât 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. Itâs for everyone. First the why, then the how. Why see? â 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, âWell done.â 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. Itâs not easy....
by John Garfield | September 22, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams
We usually translate communion as remembering the sacrifice of Jesusâ 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 | July 28, 2019 | Blog, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
Have you ever spent a lot of time and energy in a big initiative only to find out it was a blind alley, a bad investment, or a waste of time? Or, have you missed the big picture and your time and energy produced something unprofitable; then felt like an âunprofitable...
by John Garfield | June 18, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
Weâve developed two online courses to bring prophetic and practical clarity to your purpose, vocation or business and a success path to seeking the Father in the courts of heaven and the council: The Heart Plan will help you fish your purpose out of the deep waters of...
by John Garfield | May 12, 2019 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
One of the keys to the kingdom is knowing God works through voluntary sons, who in turn work out of the desires Father wrote in their hearts (Jer. 31:33-34; Heb. 8:10-11). There is a distinct authenticity that is readily apparent in sons connecting with their hearts....
by John Garfield | March 2, 2019 | Blog, Dreams, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations
Bad news – âTwenty 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.â 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 âWhat is there to do.â 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 | July 13, 2018 | Blog, Courts & Council, Dreams
The video is here. Our new book, Seers and Doers: Sons Bringing Heaven to Earth is on Amazon Our hearts build our identity around pictures and movies that replay whenever we think about who we are and why weâre here. We have role models or heroes that inspire our own...
by John Garfield | June 11, 2017 | Courts & Council, Dreams
The video is here. Why Purpose? â It doesnât matter if Iâm a millennial living paycheck to paycheck or a retiree traveling the world, life without a purpose beyond âselfâ is empty. For believers, the irony of life in the Kingdom is that when we seek âthingsâ they (and...
by John Garfield | March 28, 2017 | Dreams, Initiative, Kingdom Corporations
The video is here Opportunities come in three varieties: 1) opportunities that facilitate our dream, 2) opportunities that donât seem to lead us toward our dream, and 3) misfortunes that seem to totally derail our dream and leave us hopeless. Having a long-term dream...
by John Garfield | September 28, 2016 | Dreams, Kingly Mindset
The video is here. Two weeks ago I had an accident while leading some horses out of a corral. My memory was thankfully erased by the concussion, but somehow I got my head stepped on by one of my friends⌠30 stitches, 10 staples, fractured skull and broken collar bone....
by John Garfield | May 2, 2016 | Dreams, Education, Kingly Mindset
We have all met people whom we admire. They seem to have it all going their way: something intangible that fuels them with energy, creativity, purpose and âMidas touchâ results. Finances often follow such people, but their prosperity in life is much broader than...
by John Garfield | August 23, 2015 | Dreams, Kingly Mindset
The video is here. There is a macro shift from revival to reformation happening now. The concept of getting saved and serving others for the rest of your life on earth doesnât tap the real calling to a mountain that rests in our hearts. About 75% of young...
by John Garfield | July 27, 2015 | Dreams, Kingly Mindset
The video is here. Life is busy. Our culture doesnât naturally get us connected with our own hearts, nor do any of our institutions teach us how. It leaves us plodding through life with no sense of destiny or purpose. We use entertainment to fill the gap in our...
by John Garfield | April 27, 2015 | Discipleship, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
The video is here. There is a sound in the Kingdom built around sharing your âwhyâ â 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...
by John Garfield | January 18, 2015 | Discipleship, Dreams
The video is here. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant â 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...
by John Garfield | January 3, 2015 | Discipleship, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
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...
by John Garfield | December 14, 2014 | Creativity, Discipleship, Dreams, Education
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...
by John Garfield | October 19, 2014 | Dreams
The video is here. When you say âYes, Lordâ to your destiny, you coincidentally sign up for some great victories and some additional warfare. A decision to be part of the Kingdom and have an influence in your mountain comes with an anointing for persistence, work and...
by John Garfield | July 20, 2014 | Dreams, Initiative, Kingly Mindset
We all face issues in life that are beyond our ability to control or even to foresee. Our role in the Kingdom is volunteering to initiate something that is not possible to complete without Godâs intervention. Faith always feels a little farther out on the limb than we...
by John Garfield | June 29, 2014 | Dreams, Wealth
The Video is here. Helping people to make a connection with their heart and purpose in the Kingdom isnât theoretical or just theological. Dreams come true when we connect our heartâs desires with our vocation and cash flow. One of the failure points of counseling,...
by John Garfield | June 15, 2014 | Dreams, Kingdom Corporations
The video is here. Over the last two weeks we had the privilege of helping several dozen people in Poland and Denmark to get in touch with themselves and the dream that God wrote in their hearts (Heart Plan Workshops). Itâs really a process of hearing God and...
by John Garfield | April 27, 2014 | Discipleship, Dreams, Kingly Mindset
The video is here. One of the most profound ingredients of âKingdomâ 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 Heâs already written...
by John Garfield | April 6, 2014 | Dreams, Kingly Mindset, Politics, Wealth
The video version of this newsletter is here. With the advent of social media, viral ideas have the ability to travel the world at a much faster pace. The Utopian theory is that this global exchange of ideas would foster enlightenment and unity around the world⌠I...
by John Garfield | January 4, 2014 | Dreams
The video is here. Successful people start before they feel ready. The key: they respond to their heartâs passions with action before their mind can list all the reasons why not. Itâs important to understand the difference between heart and mind. Our public schools...
by John Garfield | December 8, 2013 | Dreams
The video is here. Results make many believers a little nervous because itâs close to âworksâ⌠also known as dead works. Weâve all worked with people driven by a religious or workaholic zeal toward rules that were supposed to lead to results. The lack of relationship...
by John Garfield | August 11, 2013 | Dreams
The video version of this newsletter is here. Choosing Life â Releasing Kings is really fun right now. The wind is at our back and the enemy is in our face. All over the world, a mighty army is waking up to a breath of fresh air that is bringing life and vitality and...
by John Garfield | July 21, 2013 | Dreams
You can watch the video here. When we first experience Jesus in our hearts we are all naturally drawn to want to cultivate our obedience and elevate His lordship in our lives. Itâs natural and healthy to want to please the father. Most of us struggle to get through...
by John Garfield | July 15, 2013 | Dreams
The concept of releasing Kings is all about defining your dream and seeing it come true in a way that displays something of your destiny in the Kingdom. Itâs a Jailbreak on a personal level and it makes a real contribution at the Kingdom level â making disciples of...
by John Garfield | June 23, 2013 | Dreams
We were designed to have fellowship with God and to experience His presence, and to dream and see those dreams come true. The path of life can lead us through great challenges in both of those areas, and when we go through a valley it really does feel like depression....
by John Garfield | March 10, 2013 | Dreams
We are just entering a season where Godâs people are beginning to grasp that His will can be found in the desires of our own hearts. Thatâs how we define a King. Traditionally, doing Godâs business was always presumed to be sacrificing my will and picking up the cross...
by John Garfield | March 3, 2013 | Dreams
God is graduating believers into the Kingdom right now. I hear many stories of both excitement and travail. We have all been discipled in a concept of holding ourselves accountable to live up to certain standards. Two things eventually happen after some amount of time...
by John Garfield | February 24, 2013 | Creativity, Dreams
A tool of destiny â I want to suggest that our imagination is one of the ways that we discover our Kingdom purpose (aka the will of God). Hereâs how it works: imagination or meditation is our journey through the desires of our heart to find the desires on Godâs heart....
by John Garfield | February 17, 2013 | Dreams
In my own life and the lives of all my friends, we are wrestling with finding an open door. Or, if a door has opened, how do we manage the flood of blessing and adversity that goes with it? Many hearts are longing for a door to open. Some donât even know what door to...
by John Garfield | November 15, 2012 | Dreams
The Gospel of Salvation â We all have roots in the gospel of salvation; Jesus died for our sins and, if we accept his sacrifice and ask his forgiveness, we can be saved. People in desperate straits are indeed forgiven and heaven is their destination. When we translate...
by John Garfield | September 23, 2012 | Dreams
Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. Ps 105:19 KJV When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. Matt 13:21 NIV This is an amazing season of testing for those pursuing the Kingdom in the marketplace. Many...
by John Garfield | August 19, 2012 | Dreams
Under the age of 10, children freely talk to themselves without inhibition. They are free from the boundaries that prevent the expression of their hearts. As we grow older and become more educated, we distance ourselves from our hearts and dwell more in our minds...
by John Garfield | June 24, 2012 | Dreams
â3 steps to connect with your own heartâ â         Stop living someone elseâs script â         Become yourself (the way you were designed) â         Build the bridge between vocation and ministry â         Get started on the dream God put in your heart Where is...
by John Garfield | May 20, 2012 | Dreams
âWhatâ â Life has a purpose â The most fundamental question we ask in life is, âWhatâs my purpose?â Even if you donât ask it overtly, your heart is searching for the reason in subconscious ways. Iâve heard believers say that itâs to glorify God. Iâm not sure what that...
by John Garfield | April 29, 2012 | Blog, Dreams, Initiative
Kings share one common phenomenon, particularly in this present hour: we are all contending for our inheritance and pursuing a dream. Servants content themselves with the blessed hope of heaven. Kings are focused on building the Kingdom here and now. That Kingdom...
by John Garfield | February 26, 2012 | Dreams
I received a comment on a last weekâs newsletter that is very relevant. Many are going through a phase where aspects (or all) of our dream hasnât arrived yet. Welcome to the club. I thought this articulated one of the excesses we can fall into: pursuing a legitimate...
by John Garfield | January 16, 2012 | Dreams
In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. (Acts 2:17) It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of...
by John Garfield | July 10, 2011 | Discipleship, Dreams
Itâs the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. Itâs the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who wonât be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live. From The Rose Secular writers...
by John Garfield | July 4, 2011 | Dreams
I heard your heart â Once we learn to hear our own heartâs desires, we start a process of learning to distinguish between our hearts and our minds. When I say âheart,â Iâm referring to a deeper level; âsubconsciousâ or âspiritâ may also be terms we could use to...
by John Garfield | June 9, 2011 | Dreams
Marriage is a great example of a relationship where the union is greater than the sum of the parts. Life is all about finding the people with whom weâre called to work, and enjoying the ride. The original couple was created to 1) be fruitful, 2) multiply, and 3) have...
by John Garfield | May 23, 2011 | Dreams
One of the secrets to fulfilling our Kingdom and Kingly destiny is becoming child-like. When we were little, our philosophy of life was going after whatever we wanted. We would crawl or waddle over to the desired object and simply grasp for it. If we couldnât get it,...
by John Garfield | May 15, 2011 | Dreams
Most of us have heroes or role models whom we consider successful. Last week we discussed the role of passion in finding our personal calling or purpose in life (Passion is in Fashion). This week we want to make it a little more practical and outline eight simple...
by John Garfield | May 8, 2011 | Dreams
There is a shift in the Kingdom that allows Kings to embrace their passion. We are all attracted to public figures in music, sports, business, or politics who are passionate. They love what they do; they are really good at it, and their level of fervor, enthusiasm and...
by John Garfield | January 31, 2011 | Dreams, Kingly Mindset
You win â Just like airplanes are designed to fly, God created you to succeed. Most of us have experienced enough failure in life or our upbringing that our computers are programmed to doubt that we can succeed. However, you can overwrite the negative software if you...
by John Garfield | December 12, 2010 | Blog, Dreams
I have one more insight regarding Warsaw. Our business conferences âaccidentallyâ resulted in 30-40 salvations. The Lord spoke something into my heart regarding why it happened. This newsletter is an introduction to Kings and the Gospel of the Kingdom. Itâs worth...
by John Garfield | July 26, 2008 | Dreams
ââIn the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they...