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:  Every seed has inside it an invisible instruction manual, and if you could somehow look closely enough you could see it. The apple seed is designed to produce apples, the orange seed oranges, the tomato seed tomatoes. When you sow a seed, there is absolutely zero doubt that the seed you sow will produceContinue reading “Lies That Stop the Harvest 06: A Failure to Give Assignment to Your Seed”

You cannot muck around when it comes to character, it’s that simple. A lot of people do not realize that character and prosperity are linked, but they are. I spoke to a multi-millionaire entrepreneur once, a man so good at making money they asked him to be on Dragon’s Den. He told me he hadContinue reading “Lies That Stop the Harvest 05: Refusing To Deal With A Weakness”

I am currently doing a new programme of weightlifting designed by a fantastic top level body builder. One of his catchphrases is “Train With Purpose”. His idea is that you don’t just walk into a gym and do what you feel, but you plan everything with a purpose so that every exercise and every repContinue reading “TWP Train With Purpose”

Mentorship is the single most powerful force in moving your entire life forward. That is a simple fact and is inviolable. George Hill says “The fastest way to get anywhere is to follow a man who has been there”. I say “What you hear from someone you respect, you will inevitably believe”. So when youContinue reading “Lies That Stop the Harvest 04: People Are Unwilling to Be Mentored”

One of the things that stops many people enjoying the abundance of life that Jesus Christ wants us to have is looking to the wrong source.  What many people fail to realize is that: your harvest comes through people, not from people. Now it is easy for me to say “You need to depend onContinue reading “Lies that Stop the Harvest 03: Looking to the Wrong Source!”

Last week I started a series on lies that steal the harvest, part 1 is found here. You are a leader.  Your job as a leader has a number of different facets, but all good leaders must help the people who follow them to dream big dreams.  One of the areas in which we mustContinue reading “Lies That Stop the Harvest 02: The Dream-Prosperity Connection”

For the next few weeks, I want to talk to you candidly as leaders, especially those of you who are spiritual leaders. The truth is that God wants the church wealthy, and most of you reading this will believe that and preach that. But you all know people who are giving generously and radically butContinue reading “Lies That Stop the Harvest 01: God Doesn’t Care About my Prosperity”

What a week it has been in British politics.  The nation has voted in a referendum to exit the European Union.  The Prime Minister has resigned.  The leader of the opposition has lost his Shadow Cabinet and faces a vote of no confidence.  Never has a week been so packed with political news and changes.Continue reading “Waking Up in A Post-Referendum UK”

5. Always always always be yourself.  I love that Christopher Alam hasn’t changed at all – he has a huge ministry, preached last Sunday night to 40,000 people (yes you read that right) and yet is easily the most low-maintenance preacher I know.  He would sleep in any hotel, never has a rider, and isContinue reading “5 Leadership Lessons from Christopher Alam”

I had a prophetic word shortly before I started the Tree of Life family of churches, which basically said that one of the hardest jobs I will ever have in my future is to stop people trying to sew their cotton patches into your silk dream.  That word has certainly proved to be true! YouContinue reading “Our Culture 07: Keeping the Cotton Patches Off Your Silk Dream!”