by John Garfield | March 16, 2025 | Blog, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations, Uncategorized
A great way to discern truth is to contrast it with the false so it’s easy to see the consequences of where each lead. We all have dreams and desires and questions about God’s role in making them happen. The philosophic or theological contrast is: I’m using spiritual...
by John Garfield | March 8, 2025 | Blog, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset, Uncategorized
We’ve all had a great idea or dream that ignited the desires of our heart. We pursued it with our time, talent, and treasure. But in the end it didn’t work, and in hindsight, it was obvious God wasn’t in it. It wasn’t just a personal failure, it revealed...
by John Garfield | February 22, 2025 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations
Putting Self Second to Get What You Want First What we all want fits neatly into three categories: Heath, Wealth, and Relationships. Marketers know that and try to bait you into buying via the window of your soulish desires. It’s called temptation – the...
by John Garfield | February 17, 2025 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset, Uncategorized
Imagine moving from a Christian business to a Kingdom business. The former emphasizes the good character and the do-this list to maintain the standing and standards (The conformity is not particularly inspiring). A Kingdom business isn’t focused as much on what you...
by John Garfield | February 15, 2025 | Blog, Courts & Council, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations, Kingly Mindset
Entrepreneurs are natural leaders full of initiative and creativity. There are always tempting offers that shortcut the delays and speed up the accomplishments. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between innovation and temptation. Would you like to hear my...
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 20, 2024 | Blog, Greatest Hits, Initiative, Kingdom Corporations
Clean food and reformation of Health Care and Health Insurance have some prophetic juice right now. I watched Kennedy’s speeches where he recommended the Tucker Carlson interview, got that, and then followed up with the audio book by Calley Means. All were...
by John Garfield | September 19, 2024 | Blog, Discipleship, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations, Uncategorized
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...
by John Garfield | September 12, 2024 | Blog, Discipleship, Greatest Hits, Kingdom Corporations
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...
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...
