KINGS OF THE KINGDOM

21 Days to a different life - Introduction: This book was inspired by the journey in my life that led to my success in life. I always wondered why people write about their success stories, now I know that when you achieve success on a consistent level, you want people to join you in your success. Achieving is not just for certain people or for people that are lucky or privileged; it is there for every person who chooses to grasp it. I am not saying it will be easy, I did not achieve the first time I tried, or the tenth, the trick is in just doing it again and again and again. Have you ever started a new career, the first week in the new job is challenging, but the more you do it the more natural the job becomes. You find yourself making mistakes but you just keep at it because you have no choice. Eventually you find yourself mastering your job portfolio and you are confident in what you do, but it took time to get there. You did what you have to do to become successful, but you did not even realize it. It works the same when you are achieving something or aiming for success. See success as a new career and so you will have to get use to the new job portfolio and become skilled at it, before you can master it. Everything you do in life you will be using the formula for success, when you were a baby and learned to walk, when did you stop walking? You didn’t, you kept on going because you had to. Well here is a news flash for you, you have been successful in your life right up to the point you are now. There actually is no such thing as failure, failure does not exist, there are only results. If you did not receive the results that you desired then you have to make the necessary changes to get the results you wanted. You have already achieved in your life, why would you think you cannot be successful, you have done it before, just do it again, after all it is always easier the hundredth time around. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about? Henry Ford So many of us worry about things we cannot change, we cannot change what the economy is doing or what banks are doing or businesses are doing. They are all doing what they are doing and nothing we do will affect their behavior. We should only worry about what we are doing. Just as you cannot change what they are doing they cannot change what you are doing. Your success does not depend on economies or other businesses or people; it depends on you and you alone. Just as I said above that nothing can influence you, so can you not blame anyone besides yourself if you do achieve the results you desire. If you are not happy with the outcome then, do it until you are happy with the result. Thomas Edison tried 9,999 times before he finally succeeded. He is also known for saying that failure is only the elimination rounds towards the big win. If you eliminated all the possibilities that will not work then success is inevitable. So now we know that there is no excuse for not achieving success. In my book the Kings of the Kingdom, I show people that every person creates his own kingdom, and in that kingdom he is king. We have no need for competition, there is more than enough success for everybody. You never have to pull someone down in order for you to go up. Instead you will build great alliances if you support the people around you to succeed with you. When you decide to change your life, then change the way you do things, because everything you have done to date, has brought you to where you are now, adjust your strategies and you will change your outcome. When working through this book treat it as a workshop. Take one day at a time and really absorb the information given for the day. Remember to do the exercises each day. When you are on a subject try to find out as much as you can about the topic of the day in order to maximize your growth.

The Kings of the kingdom - Chapter: The Kings Contribution: The king must always know, that only part of what he receives is for him to keep. He must share with is kingdom to ensure the flow of live and advancement, for if they stagnate or if he buries his treasure it will be taken from him and given to the king that advances and increases his treasure. Corinthians 9:11-15 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! As king you have to give, to enable you to receive. But heed this warning to not give with the expectance of receiving in return. Give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God will love you for being a cheerful giver. You never have to fear that you will not have enough, for there is no lack in the grace that God provides to you. By giving cheerfully and sharing your good fortune you will be blessed abundantly, so that you will have all you need, all the time. When you give, give everyman more in use value, than the money you receive. This meaning, that you should always keep in mind the advancement and development of your kingdom. If you contribute to advancement in every transaction you partake in, you are expanding your kingdom. To fulfill your duty as king and cheerful contributor, you have to live in spirit, a renewed attitude towards all things, and delight in the fruits of the spirit which is: love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faith. Give to others as you wish to receive. “but I choose to believe that “right” giving and an “attitude of gratitude” seals the deal with God, and ultimately the returns are going to always be greater than the investment.” – Mark Hanson There is no better king than one that shares with his kingdom. If a king denies his contribution he also denies his right to receive. For the king is only a vehicle through which prosperity will move. If there is no movement prosperity will find another vehicle. Can any man put a value to the wealth of God? Can any man determine the riches of God? If you remain poor, then when you give, you will fear of lack, and will receive lack, but if you are rich, you will give abundantly and also receive abundantly. For God loves a cheerful giver, and through the cheerful giver, God’s glory will be known. To believe that there is lack, is to sin, because there is no lack in the Kingdom of God. There is no shortage. Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. “Seedtime and harvest” – What you sow you will receive, here God says these things will remain in our lives and be part of our lives as long as the earth remains to exist. What you do unto others will be done unto you. The things that you give to others will be given to you. “What ever you want more of, give some of it away” – Unknown Philosopher. If you want more love, then give more love. If it is money that you want more of, then give some of it away. Whatever you want more of; you must give some of it away. Remember that God loves a cheerful giver and will reward a cheerful giver in multiplied proportion that he has given, so that the giver can continue to give greatly. Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Throughout the bible God continues to remind us of giving, and that what we give will result in what we will receive. To the Philippians written from Rome, by Epaphroditus: Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. God is the endless supply from which you receive, and for God there is no end to his riches. The law of attraction was instituted by God; Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. This will remain as long as the earth remains. What you send out in the world will be brought back to you. How rich does God make a king? King David of the bible, was very rich, in the Chapters of Chronicals it tells about David’s gifts towards the construction of the temple. One of these gifts were 100,000 talents of gold. In the Book The Keys That Unlock the Scriptures James Dean, Ph.D., gives a talent of gold at $35 an ounce as worth $55,270.83. This means that if David gave 100,000 talents of gold, he actually gave $5,527,083,000.00 and this was only one of the gifts. That is five billion, when God makes you rich, He does it gloriously. 1 Chronicles 22:12-13 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. If you as the King of your kingdom keep to what David told Solomon here, then you will indeed prosper. The importance of giving is very important to God, it is Holy to God. Leviticus 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD. When God gives to you, he tells you to give, so that He can then give to you abundantly. Proverbs 3:9-10 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Give to God some of the riches that He has bestowed upon you. We cannot determine how God will bring riches to us, all conditions of society will work together to bring to you God’s promise to you, a promise of good. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. To the king of your kingdom, hear your God, listen to what He has to say: Deuteronomy 28:11-13 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

The Kings of the Kingdom, by Wynand Beukes 2 Jul 2009 I have to say, I have a problem with popular prosperity, and, in particular, with the “prosperity gospel,” so the subtitle to this book, “God wants you to be prosperous,” probably had the wrong effect on me. But Wynand Beukes is aiming at something deeper than just money. He quickly invites his readers to think what they personally mean by wealth or riches, pointing out that a seed must always grow to become all it can be. He reminds us that we too must grow to become all God has made us to be. The author’s tying his message to science rather weakened it for me. “Original substance” didn’t seem so obviously translatable into energy and spirit, and “like attracts like” seemed an over-simplification. But that’s probably due to my personal background in science and mathematics. My religious background gave me pause too, in tying spirit to mind or energy. But I have no quarrel with the author’s conclusions that God is all in all, both creator, and giver of eternal law. With Bible quotes, occasional sermon-style stories, and a large collection of Biblical parables, the author leads to many wise injunctions. “When we grow we have to rid ourselves of bitterness, anger, cursing and hatred, we have to become like Christ our Lord, and fulfill the will of God,” he writes at the end of chapter 2. But some of his arguments confused me, such as that man should not “rule over man,” since we are made in “The Image of God.” According to the author, we are called to ask God for what we desire without guilt, with “absolute faith,” and to receive with gratitude. The fact that the author’s own faith has been tested lends some strength to his argument—he does not write without knowledge of the pain of gifts un-given. And he reminds his readers that besides asking for gifts, they must also to be willing to give up everything for God, knowing that God will be ever willing to give more. At its weakest, this book might seem to say God wants us to be rich financially, and that we have a God-given right to “take” what we need. Neither statement would be true on its own, but careless reading might lead to wrong conclusions. At its strongest, the book calls us to recognize our important place in God’s plan and to trust that God has made us and placed us rightly and given us right strength. The book relies heavily on Bible passages and interpretation, being weakest when it interprets science, and strongest when reminding the reader of the need to give glory to God. We are, or are made to be, kings and queens and emperors the author says, and prays “may he bless you abundantly, Amen.” Rating: 3 Reviewer: Sheila Deeth Reviewed by: Poetic Monthly