KFLCC Kingdom Economics

Parabolic Principles of Financial Growth and Blessing

plant will not grow properly. Fertilizing the soil helps the plant to soak up these elements needed for proper growth. From a practical application, the idea of fertilizing speaks of both growing your business and of adding other avenues of income to your present income. This could include developing creative ideas that generate money, selling items of value for a profit, or using your own personal gifts to create an income flow. For many years of my ministry, my only source of income was from traveling and preaching in rural churches. In 1986 we organized a 501(c)3 called the Voice of Evangelism Outreach, Inc. From that moment, a board of directors placed my wife and me on salaries. From the initiation of the ministry until this day, all resource materials, including books, CDs, and DVDs are all owned by the Voice of Evangelism. I receive no personal income or royalties from material sold on television, through the magazine, or in conferences, as all income is used for ministry. In the early 1990s, I discovered that God gave me a gift for songwriting. I began to write songs and have been blessed to have around forty different songs recorded by such individuals as Mike Purkey, Karen Wheaton, Judy Jacobs, John Starnes, Gold City Quartet, The McKamey’s, and others. When a song is recorded, the writer receives a royalty once the song is placed on a CD, DVD, played on television or radio, or printed in a book. Imagine my surprise when I received a royalty check for one song for over four thousand dollars! From age eighteen, I began writing books and have written over sixty books for the ministry, without receiving any income for my personal time or work. Several years ago I was approached about contracting with a major Christian publisher, and I now have a contract to write books for them. They pay me a writer’s advance for writing the books, and they print and distribute them in stores across America and around the world. While all royalties from the sale of the books go directly into the Voice of Evangelism ministry, the advance for writing the books is a second stream of income. I also have been blessed to have invented some things and have received occasional royalties from certain inventions. None of these additional sources of income have pulled me away from my ministry assignments, yet each has assisted my family with additional income. Do you possess special abilities and gifts that can be used to bring additional income into your life? There may be areas that you are unaware of and talents or gifts you have never considered. At times the simplest concepts become the most successful ideas. When you can meet others’ needs by bringing joy, knowledge,

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