Promotion and Increase!

Promotion and Increase!

Pastor George has been teaching about Promotion! The harvest has come in for the Wolfe Family Bulldogs! Recently I got the impression in prayer that it was time to move on. I started looking through the internal job sites and there were ALL sorts of different positions that came open that do not often come up. Many were of interest to me. I applied to something near ten different positions over the last month.

I have turned down two opportunities to get positions I thought I wanted in the last few months. What you compromise to get you will eventually loose. I did not have peace about those two so I withdrew my application even though I was considered among the, if not the, top candidates.

I got an email asking if I would be willing to come to a group interview  for a Personal Banker Position on Wednesday, which happened to be one of my days off already. PB was a position I tried to get but was turned down for in 2007. I had given up on the idea after subsequent declines.I agreed.

In the days leading up to the group interview my direct manager and his bosses boss were both contacted for references. Both gave me glowing reviews. Then while I was at the group interview the branch managers from the whole district were out to our call center to tour and learn more about what our side of the business does.

I followed up after the group interview with the recruiter immediately by email with a thank you letter for allowing me to apply.

The next day I got an email asking me to come in for a face to face interview with the manager of the branch.

I had a contact within the call center who knew about the retail side so he helped me gather information I could use in the interview.

I was able to go in prepared and confident.

I was able to schedule the in person interview that Saturday. 

The manager informed he would be making a decision by Tuesday.

Wednesday I got the call that I was being offered the position.

Within less than a week and a half I went from invited to hired.

The new position offers me a $3000 a year raise with the possability of adding another $2000 to my annual salary within training. The position will require the exact set of skills I possess.

He was looking for someone with:

• Business Product Experience
• Internal only
• Leadership Training
• Preferred a Phone Banker because of our unique training with cross sales

It was as though it had been hand crafted for my unique resume, and it was, by the Holy Spirit!

I also feel I was hand carved for it over the last four years. The experiences I've had in the last four years prepared me to do this now. I now see that I was not ready when I was turned down the first time. If I had let bitterness keep me from asking what I could do to change and adapt I wouldn't be here now!

The position will bring me back to the in person contact with my customers which is where I thrive!


 

Sunday 8:30 AM 4/11/2010
Pastor George Pearsons
Going Up: God’s System of Promotion—Part 1
Three Vital Keys to Your Promotion

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Good and Full!

Acts 11-12

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24He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. 25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

May it be said of me: "He was a good man Full of the Holy Spirit and Faith." Not: "We'll... you just never knew about Darrell. Sometimes he was on the mark and sometimes he wasn't." It should be my goal to always strive for the absolute best, in faith, prayer, home, work, etc... Never settle down or get too comfortable.

Lately I noticed a lot of success in my work life. I then noticed myself slack just a little in my prayer and bible times, I then noticed my work life take a steep plunge into "straining to attain" vs "flying high". It was like wind beneath my wings anymore. I felt the strain of trying to pull my days numbers up. It took me a week to realize what had happened.

At the point of your greatest victories will be the point of your greatest trails. When others are singing your praises is when you find yourself in the most danger. Don't get into the hype of yourself. Put on the cloak of humility. I should have the same outlook for me, my family, my performance every day. Good or bad, rain or shine, just keep pushing harder and better.

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1It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.
21On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man." 23Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.


Your enemies cannot last. They will either repent and become Ally's like Saul/Paul. Or be cut off like Herod. Don't be distracted with those who are against you. Pay no attention to them. Focus on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of all you are convinced by His word will come to pass through faith filled words.

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5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
6The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.
9Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.
11Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating."
12When this had dawned on him, he went to the house

 
Peter was living by faith, knowing that either he would be delivered or go to heaven. WIN WIN in his mind. He was sleeping between two soldiers. Not wringing his hands trying to figure out what to do. The church was praying. Despite the fact he wasn't expecting to get out (evidenced by his surprise that it wasn't a vision) and THEY weren't expecting their prayers to be answered (evidenced by them believing it was his ghost at the door) God met them with great power. Peter was on assignment. God had work for him to do.

I am on assignment, I have work to do too. Therefore NO weapon formed against me shall or ever will prosper. I will not disqualify myself from my calling and God will overlook my lacks and deficiencies with His grace. Together we will accomplish all He set out for me to do before the foundation of the world!

Glory to God!
DW

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"Four Steps To Tapping the Anointing to Abase"

05.10.2010

On the Morning of 05.10 The Lord took me on a side track from my normal daily reading to meditate on Philippians 4:4-13

Philippians 4

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
⁵ Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. ⁸ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. ⁹ The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. ¹⁰ But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity. ¹¹ Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: ¹² I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. ¹³ I can do all things through Christ^[b] who strengthens me. 

After meditating this chapter a moment the Lord spoke to me about my lack mind sets.

He said: " You will NEVER learn to abound, until you learn HOW to ABASE!"

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" is about learning how to tap into the anointing of God in every situation.

CHRIST : ANOINTING

The word "Christ" literally means "Anointing" or "Anointed". It refers either to The Anointed One, Jesus, or in some cases more specifically to the Anointing that He is Anointed with. The Anointing is the burden removing yoke destroying power of God.  (Isaiah 10:27 and 61)

Therefore:

"I can do all things through the anointing of the Anointed One who strengthens me"

How was Paul content in every situation? Because through the Anointing he was victorious over every situation. The boat wrecked, but an Angel was there to give direction and the Anointing on Paul saved the whole crew. That anointing caused the snake bite to have no affect and the village person to be healed. Every time a tough time came, that anointing was there to bring him up and out. The act of giving and receiving allowed Paul to abound more often which was nice.


But so what? How do I tap this anointing today? What does this mean to me? What does it take to activate this anointing in a period of drought or tough times?

Do I:

• Cry
• Scream/Shout
• Jump up and down
• Roll around on the ground
• Play just the right music
• Dance
• Read the word 4 hours a day
• Get involved in service to others
• Any other tradition or idea I've had when the anointing is brought up?

These are all good things in their own right. But no. According to Paul there is a master key to getting victory in abasing times:

Steps to Abase Accurately:

1. Rejoice
1. ALWAYS and AGAIN over and over and over again
2. Every time Anxious, Worried, Fearful, Grief, Depression, Lack thoughts come: REJOICE
3. These are ALL EVIL and are to be resisted and rejected EVERY TIME!
4. There is NO room for depression, worry, grief, or fear in the life of a victor. 
5. This is where that song, dance, and jumping can help. RE: Joy Do Joy again. Decide as an act of your will and a quality decision to JOY. Sing a song of praise, dance a little, start thanking God for everything you can think of thanking Him for. Start saying: "I love you Father." Over and over until it impacts your mood and mode. 
2. Let your GENTLENESS be known and experienced by EVERYONE you come in contact with. Especially those who are hard to get along with. Faith without Love is dead and powerless. Be gentle with people but hard on demonic emotions like grief, fear, and depression. 
3. Be Anxious for NOTHING! None means None. Period. You do not allow or accept worry, fear, or anxiety of any kind. These are not simple biochemical reactions in your body, they are bred and contracted by demonic thoughts trying to take root in you. Reject any thought of anxiety as you would the thought of drinking water from a port-a-potty. 
4. In everything with:
1. Prayer- General Requests
2. Supplication- Specific Requests
3. Thanksgiving (Believe you have received it already and thank Him for it)
4. Let your requests be made known to God. Out Loud, AND written preferably. 

Result of the "Four Steps To Tapping the Anointing to Abase"

" Peace, which surpasses, bypasses, and overrules, all natural understanding, will KEEP your Mind and Hearts (Mind, Will, and Emotions). 

That is how you Abase. You abase by knowing it's God's will for you to be the victor not the victim. You Abase by taking those four steps and making them your hearts FIRST response in any and every situation. You Abase by being victorious through that abasing and causing the abasing to bow it's knee to you. 

You do NOT abase by bowing to it, and saying things like: "Well I guess it's God's will". You abase by not abasing. You abase by taking his word and smashing that situation to a pulp. ONLY when you know how to do that well and skillfully and consistently, will you ever be ABLE to truly Abound. Abounding with an abasing mindset will bring you out of abounding. You must Abase with and abounding mindset in order to be always victorious. Let the situations come! My God can handle that!

If you don't know how to start Repeat this prayer out loud every day, even better three times a day, until you are living the outcome of your request:

Father,

As an act of my will and a quality decision, I reject fear, anxiety, depression, regret, and images of defeat and lack. I choose Joy! Again I choose Joy! Every time those demonic emotions come up I choose Joy instead.

I choose to be gentle today. Gentle with people and with myself but not with the devil. You are here. You are watching me. I will treat others as the priceless vessels you valued enough to pay for with your own blood.

Today, I lift up before you my needs both general and specific:

General:

• Family
• Finance
• Health
• Work-Career
• ______________________.

I thank you that can Have confidence that you hear me and because you hear me I have the petitions I have laid out before you. 

Thank you for:

• New Job
• Better Job
• Better House
• Better Cars
• Peace and Joy in my Home
• Vision, Direction, and Guidance
• ________________________

I know that even now you are already in motion bringing in all the supplies, wisdom, insight, concepts, ideas, witty inventions, and resources I require to accomplish your will and plan in my life and to use me as a vessel to prosper others. 

Peace if the governor of my decisions, mind, will, and emotions. I accept and expect peace from here on out. At every turn I will stop to check for that peace before proceeding. If peace is not there I will pray, repent, and listen for your direction and wisdom. 

I can do ALL THINGS through the anointing of the Anointed One which causes strength to rise in me. That same anointing that raised Jesus from the dead now dwells in me strengthening my mortal body, mind, will, and emotions. 

I have what I ask, believing, in prayer!

Thank you Father. I forgive anyone who I feel has hurt or wronged me or inconvenienced me. I ask your forgiveness for anything I've done to hurt or inconvenience others. 

You are my hiding place, my shelter, my green pasture, my still waters, and you are preparing a banquet table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil and my cup overflows!

You are my strong tower, I run to you and I am safe. I give you all the honor and glory and praise. Thank you Father for my:

• Wife
• Kids
• Men of God to Train me and watch over me
• Mentors
• Favor
• Blessing
• Honor
• Life
• Provision
• Supply
• Surprises
• ___________________________

You are my everything. I honor You today. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Oh I worship you Father. I give you praise. Hallelujah. Yes Father. Yes and Amen. It is done now to me as you have said in your word. Thank you for it... 

Amen. 

DW

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Acts 1

8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
 
Galatians 2


Paul Accepted by the Apostles

1Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
 
 
2 Kings 2
 
1 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here; the LORD has sent me to Bethel."


But Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

3 The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?"

"Yes, I know," Elisha replied, "but do not speak of it."


Today I got to thinking about POWER... Yes, as soon as the apostles received the baptism they recieved power and became mighty witnesses. But it seems that others don't have that same imediate effect. It could be the receiver? What I see is 11 men who followed a personal discipleship for 3 solid years and were caused to grow some in that time. They recieved instruction and although MOST of that seed didn't come to flower until after this fire baptism, it was there and it germinated.

We look at Paul, and for all the fire he had after his conversion it was merely eaqual to the fire he had AGAINST Christ before. It wasn't until a 14 year silent period that he came back and was recognized by the apostles and got promoted of the Holy Spirit to an Apostle. Even at his return he shows himself submitted to authority by submitting his message for approval by those in authority.

Elisha served Elijah with bulldog faith and got his power.

Submission is a key to promotion. Submission FIRST to God and then to those he places you under.


dw

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Steps of Faith

Notes on Healing and Faith

Healing doesn't mean no doctors, unless God specifically tells you no, but it also doesn't mean relying on them over what God said. You can follow some of these general principles:

• Get the Word of God on the subject. 15 scriptures might not even be as effective as meditating on two or three.
  
• You read them several times a day, and confess them every time you are feeling pain or anything contrary to your expected outcome.
  
• Watch for words of unbelief. When you are tempted to talk about your pain change it to either
• How much your good body parts feel
• How your injured part is recovering
  
• Then move on to new topic
• Take your doctors advice. Doctors aren't always right, you know that better than me. However they know some things and unless God tells you directly to ignore a certain advice follow it obediently. Submit to that authority.
  
• Many times God will use medications and surgeries for the simple reason that you aren't developed enough in faith, or ARE developed enough against it that it would either take longer or not happen. He may direct you along those lines too in the mean time. Even then you have to confess the Word over that and believe God against side effects and for recovery. The Word always takes first place and final authority.
  
• Always believe for more and better than the doctor projects. Word of God people don't settle for natural results!

These principles apply to finances and any other need I have.

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Abide!

John 14-15


John 14


² In My Father’s house are many mansions.


¹³ And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask^[c] anything in My name, I will do it.


John 15


⁴ Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me


⁹ “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. ¹⁰ If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 
¹¹ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. ¹² This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.










It's funny. You can think of gold streets and it's an easy transition to mansions. I wonder why it's so hard to get a mansion mentality here and now. The idea that you walk into a nice place or a model that is out of your "budget" and feel out of place just being there is a strange idea. For most people ANY model home is out of their budget. That's why they have to go over to the bank and beg them for a loan. It doesn't matter whether the house is $400K or $2.5MM or $25. Who cares? It's out of YOUR budget. It is the rare person who even considers the idea of buying a house outright cash in hand. But if God is my provider and HE has mansions and gold streets, I am REQUIRED to change my mindset. HE is my provider. NOT the internet, or the next big idea, or the next scheme, or the next job... HE and HE ALONE. 


If I ask, He will do it. Hands Down. He already promised houses to me in his word in several places. So a house is what I expect. 


Are there prerequisites? Yes! ABIDE... this is more than just read it every morning, say a prayer if your remember and try to be a good person. Darrell Glen Wolfe.... You need to ABIDE... live, breath, talk, dream, The Word of God and beyond ALL OF THAT... you still need to abide. Isn't that abiding? Yes, it's all part of it. But Abiding is deeper than those things. Abiding means time spent talking WITH Him. Not:

• Talking AT Him
• Giving Him your grocery list of needs, wants, and desires

But actually sitting down with Him and discussing things, life, the universe, what HE wants today... etc... ABIDE

Imagine ABIDING with your wife and never talking with her about anything except what you want from her. She wouldn't ABIDE with you like that forever. Children do this and we train them out of it. It's time to mature and grow. 

The ONLY way to have true JOY which is deeper than happiness, is to abide. It means you can sit still, for extended periods of time, with nothing to distract, entertain, or amuse you except HIM. That is Abiding... it is the goal of my life from this day forward. When I catch myself NOT abiding... I will repent and turn. 

Darrell G. Wolfe

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John 16


13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.

24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.


33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."




As I read today, I couldn't help but thinking how full of doubt I've actually been. Not doubt in God, or His Word, or even WHAT His word says. These things are steady in me. I've been doubtful about my ability to recieve them. This is mostly due to the frequency that I find myself saying something and not doing it. If you doubt your word, faith cannot rise.
 
I make a renewed commitment today to not only BELIEVE but walk out the grace and love of God. This morning I needed to bring something to a mexican themed potluck, but just plain couldn't think of anything to bring and we had nothing to take. So God provided a can of Refried Beans, GOOD beans GOOD brand, I took them home and mixed them with onions, Lime, and Red Pepper Flakes. BIG Hit! God is good, even when you doubt... Just give him a shot...
 
I'm going to go out on a limb and start asking for stuff...
 
DW

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