“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” – Steven Spielberg
“Mentors light up the path to success with their experience and insights.”
“If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.” - J Loren Norris
Divine intervention can manifest in various ways. It may come as:
A sudden breakthrough…
A change in circumstances…
A newfound wisdom or strength…
A sense of peace and comfort during chaos …
We All Have a Bow and Arrows:
Identify the unique talents and skills that God has given you. Use them to serve others, make a positive impact, and bring glory to God.
Take advantage of educational/learning opportunities to expand your knowledge and understanding in areas that align with your passions and interests.
Recognize the value of the relationships God has placed in your life. Cultivate meaningful connections with family, friends, colleagues, and mentors.
Responsibly manage your financial resources. Use them to meet your needs, support your family, and bless others. Consider investing in causes or organizations aligned with your values.
Recognize the preciousness of time and energy. Use your time wisely, setting aside dedicated moments for prayer, personal growth, and service to others.
If you have a platform or influence, whether through social media, public speaking, or leadership positions, use it to amplify voices that need to be heard and share messages of hope and love, to bring about positive change in society.
The biggest reason why people settle for less is because they give in to the voices of their fears, insecurities, or external pressure.
So don’t be afraid to push ahead. Don’t be afraid of what others might say, because at the end of the day, the person you need to be most true to is yourself.
Consider what you want to accomplish in various areas of your life—career, relationships, personal growth—and develop a roadmap to guide your actions.
Opportunities often serve as steppingstones to success. By not making the most of them, we limit our chances of achieving our goals and aspirations.
Maximizing opportunities can open doors, create new possibilities, and propel us toward greater success.
We should strive for excellence, stretching ourselves beyond our perceived limitations, and trusting in God's provision to bring about complete victory.
Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or imagine, according to the power that works in us…”
The remix of Ephesians 3:30 “Pray as if everything depends on God and work like everything depends on you.”
· God is not bound by our limitations or constrained by our expectations. Instead, God can do immeasurably more than we can ask or even imagine.
· Our God is omnipotent, capable of working miracles, breaking barriers, and exceeding all human limitations.
· God's desire for us is not merely to experience ordinary blessings but every now and then we can receive some abundant and extraordinary blessings.
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SCRIPTURES AND PRAYERS
CYCLE OF BLESSINGS
As a congregation, The Tabernacle of Glory bases our studies and principles on the Six Holy Currencies of the Cycle of Blessings through the lens of Acts 2:42-46:
The believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers. A sense of awe came over everyone. God performed many wonders and signs through the apostles. All the believers were united and shared everything. They would sell pieces of property and possessions and distribute the proceeds to everyone who needed them. Every day, they met together in the temple and ate in their homes. They shared food with gladness and simplicity. They praised God and demonstrated God's goodness to everyone. The whole city was favorable to them. The Lord added daily to the community those who were being saved.
The Cycle of Blessings, by author 
Eric Law, teaches how the six currencies of: time and place, gracious leadership, relationship, truth, wellness and money flow and recirculate to form a cycle of blessings to empower congregations as well as strengthen their internal relationships and to reach out and connect with the diverse populations in their neighborhood.
SIX HOLY CURRENCIES DEFINED
RELATIONSHIP:
The internal and external networks of mutually respectful connections that leaders and members of a church and ministry have. Internal connections include constructive relationships among members and leaders, area churches or ministries of the same affiliation, area denominational organizations, and national and international denominational structures.
External connections include constructive relationships with non-members, different racial, cultural and ethnic groups in the neighborhood, people with resources and people in need in the community, civic community leaders, ecumenical and interfaith partners, community and civic organizations, and local businesses.
GRACIOUS LEADERSHIP:
The ability to use skills, tools, models, and processes to create gracious environments (Grace Margin) within which mutually respectful "relationships" and the discernment of the "truth" across differences an be built internally, among existing members, and externally, with non-members. Differences can be racial, ethnic, age, gender, sexual orientation, class, political affiliation, or simply those existing between church members and other folks in the neighborhood.