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when Christ was thirteen He knew    But when you look at the narrative  in God and then standing on that
        what His Father’s will was.         of teenagers, the  way  the  world  identity  and  allowing  the Spirit
                                            says, is that when they are thirteen  of God  to make  you grow in  it.
                                            and above, that’s when they begin  Understand  that  it  is  higher than
                                            to get  rebellious and  destroyed.  where  I  have  been  and  what  I
                                            But yet at that age is when Christ  have known and there’s no end in
                                            got into His Father’s business.  He  learning by the Holy Spirit. And as
                                            began  to live  for God, not  to run  you walk in it you become it.
                                            away from God. It was interesting  I understood that there were things
                                            because  we kept  saying  these  that  I  could  probably  have  come
                                            children  will  tell  a  different  with  from my past  that  I  equate
                                            narrative  of what  the  world  calls  with the king’s delicacies (as in the
                                            teenagers.  They will  tell  a God  book of Daniel)  that  then would
                                            narrative  of what  it  means  to be  block my understanding  of Who
                                            thirteen years and loving God. And  God Is. So I just said Lord, I want
                                            so God is doing that.               my life to be like the Way of the Lord
                                            God allows  us to bring in  the  so that I’ll show a side of God that
                                            thinking  of God, and  just  push  is not common to man that people
                                            out  the  thinking  of  men  so  that  may begin to walk in it and become
                                            transformation can begin  and  it .That’s when the shift happened.
                                            growth comes.  The  foundation  He’s  saying,  “Connect  with  me  in
                                            of it  is,  ‘do not  conform to the  a bigger dimension. I want you to
                                            patterns  of this  world’, meaning  become My Way. Don’t  connect
                                            there are patterns that we conform  to  My  acts,  connect  to  the  way
                                            to that affect our thinking. ‘But be  that  I’m showing  you I  Am.”  And
                                            transformed by the  renewal of  that then just began to create the
                                            your mind’,  transformation  only  divergence and I decided to walk a
                                            comes when our mind is renewed.  different way from celebrating the
                                            ‘That  you may  know what  is  the  acts of God to becoming the Way
                                            good, acceptable  and  perfect  of God and that is amazing. So, I’m
                                            will  of God’. Meaning,  there is  still learning.
                                            an  acceptable  will  of God which
                                            is  you’ll  just  go by, and  there’s  a             “
                                            good will  of God which  is  okay,
                                            you can just continue like that, but   The  definition
                                            is it perfect? But there’s a perfect
                                            will of God. Now, the place of my   that  He  gave
                                            thinking and walking in perfection
                                            with  God is  my highest  place     me  of  sales  is
                                            with  Him.  That’s  why  for  me  the
                                            thinking,  my understanding,  my  “An exchange of
                                            transformation  of my mind,  my
                                            seeing  of things  then  is  geared
                                            towards,  Lord, then  how  can  I   value  for  God”,
                                            get into the place of Your perfect
                                            will? Not just Your acceptable will,   that’s  how  He
                                            not  just  Your good will,  but  Your
                                            perfect will. And that’s  really  the   defines  it  for
                                            basis of everything I am.
                                                                                me.
                                            So  that’s basically  what God’s
                                            executive  playbook  is for you
                                            and  your  life. Would  you  say    So that’s how others can connect?
                                            that  everybody  has the same       Yes.  Identity. And just  become
                                            playbook?  How  would  you guide    the Way, live truth. Truth sets you
                                            others to access their playbook?    free in God. This then gives you an
                                            I think  the  beginning  really  just   identity by the Holy Spirit. Because
                                            starts  with  finding  your  identity   there’s a way the corporate market
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