by John Garfield | February 13, 2025 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
Ever had an idea, path, goal, or relationship that seemed really good, but ended really bad? The way we make decisions and the level of discernment we have isn’t really rooted in our minds. We all have spiritual influences that flow through our hearts. Our minds...
by John Garfield | September 5, 2024 | Blog, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset, Uncategorized
All business works on two principles: we create value in practical products that are useful to others and then we influence someone to buy. In the Kingdom we have a similar injunction to go into all the earth and to be the salt and light (also rather salesy!). Most of...
by John Garfield | August 29, 2024 | Blog, Discipleship, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
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...
by John Garfield | August 22, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
There is an amazing functional transition in leadership happening right now. The business payback for instilling relational sonship in our staff culture has an incentive that overwhelms our principled, professional, impersonal, and aloof identity as business leaders....
by John Garfield | August 15, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
Our identity guides the choices we make in life. The current cultural recipe is deciding to do things we’re good at, that match our personality, or that feel fulfilling and make us successful—like helping others or making money—and say it’s what...
by John Garfield | August 8, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, In Christ, Kingdom Corporations
Sons who ascend to the Council see what Father is doing and where it will lead, the intention in Father’s heart. As sons, we share Jesus’ role in going before others in awakening, intercession, and leadership on earth. Part of our role is going before others to...
by John Garfield | August 1, 2024 | Blog, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
These are raging times of confusion and change, yet there is clearly an awakening to what Father is doing that leads us beside still waters. Jesus and the early church faced the same and have a simple approach, He could see that His Father was always working and...
by John Garfield | July 25, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, Discipleship, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
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,...
by John Garfield | July 18, 2024 | Blog, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
The surprising nature of Kingdom business is that our Kingdom purpose is a huge drawing card for staff and customers. They like what we’re doing and the atmosphere in our staff doing it. Leaders realize the privilege of pulling sons into the dream of their own Kingdom...
by John Garfield | July 11, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations
We all have roots in the Spirit of Religion… where we had the answers, proof texts, and knew what to do because we know what God wants without talking to Him. We’ve read His book, have systematic theology, know all the principles and promises! Sonship starts...
by John Garfield | July 5, 2024 | Blog, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
The Old Wineskin – The concept of God fulfilling His Kingdom purpose in a business culture is new and exciting. It’s a big change in business and in our hearts. We all come from a church culture and most of us carry some baggage about what ministry is. I was...
by John Garfield | June 28, 2024 | Blog, Discipleship, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations
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...
by John Garfield | June 11, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
The business world is influenced by a belief that positive transformations come through changing our mindset. The recipe for changing myself or others is to adjust my attitude with positive affirmations and positive thinking. The gurus even have some out-of-context...
by John Garfield | June 6, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations
In Your Head vs In the Council – How do we co-labor with Father in Business? We do our part obviously, but we want the experience of Father doing His part to be equally obvious! We want our business to make a difference for the Kingdom and we want to be doing what our...
by John Garfield | May 29, 2024 | Blog, Courts & Council, Discipleship, Greatest Hits, Kingly Mindset
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...
