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Take-aways from Grand Rapids Conference

My trip to Chicago and then to Grand Rapids, MI for a conference called Family Reunion, hosted in the great Devos Place Convention Center was life-changing. Here's a quick summary of my take-aways from the weekend:

I see four parts to influence: -First, influence is the Scripture -Second, influence is the Spirit -Third, influence is the Sage -Fourth, influence is your Situation You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it! But, when you think about it, if you can allow someone to nudge you off course, wouldn't the opposite be true as well? What if you had a regular influences nudging you along the right course, helping keep you on track? Imagine that sage voice of wisdom encouraging you to stay on course and remain focused on the important things in your life while helping you along the way to achieve your goals and pursue the unique lifestyle. How powerful would it be to have four supportive influences. Voices of wisdom encouraging you, nudging and cheering you on, helping keep you on track to achieving your goals and dreams! I'm becoming skillful in the Scriptures, so I can be led by the Spirit more, which will help me be teachable enough to be mentored by Sages in my life. If I'm doing the three things above, then I know I'll learn to influence my Situation more than my situation influences me.

I'm so thankful for the influences in my life - I hope to continue to influence others in a positive way too!

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Plan Your Trip

My two daughters are heading to Kanakuk Kamps (kanakuk.com) for almost a month this week! They've been on camp countdown since they arrived home last year in August! The camp is a Sports Camps in Branson, MO and is 24/7 friends, fun and sun! Lots of planning has been going on in the Perez household of late to get ready for the trip. So I'm thinking of expectation and planning. Now's the time to fix the next 10 years of our lives. Now, you may have to come to grips with reality and with truth. I have good mentors/friends that ask me directly or indirectly all the time, "Are you reading the books that are going to take you where you want to go in the next 5 years?" Excellent question. See, you want to make sure. I would assume for all of you, to get to where you want to be in the next 5 years, you are either reading the right books or you're not. You're either engaged in the disciplines or you're not. But, here's what we don't want to engage in: disillusion. Hoping without acting. Wishing without doing. The key is to take a look and say, "Where am I? What could I do to make the changes to make sure that I can take more certain daily steps toward the treasure I want, the mental treasure, the personal treasure, the spiritual treasure, the financial treasure? I don't want to make any more errors. Now's the time to adjust my daily program to take me where I want to go." I've seen and heard personal testimonies of people that have done such remarkable things with just a few suggestions. And that is why seminars, CDs and books can be so valuable. Here's a key idea for us all to remember: We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's sometimes hard to see it all. But the key is to start right now making these changes to plan your trip. And here's what's exciting to me: just a few daily disciplines makes a great deal of difference in one year, three years, five years. And before you know it, you will be walking a brand new road. Literally, what you do day after day for the next...will literally determine the types of trips you will be able to take in the future. Chrisaperez Become a friend on facebook, follow each other on twitter.com/chrisaperez