Maximizing Your Potential

you receive through your senses and your mind. Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace (Romans 8:5-6). The secret wisdom of God concerning your potential (see 1 Corinthians 2:7 11) cannot influence your life if His Spirit is not present in your heart because only God’s Spirit knows and understands God’s plans and purposes for you. These were written long before your birth. They contain the information you need to live to the fullest and to achieve everything you were sent to do. Attaining your maximum potential is impossible if you do not cultivate and feed your spirit by hooking yourself up to God and abiding in Him. (See John 15:1 8.) Cultivating and feeding your potential is a second key to maximizing your potential. As you pay attention to the fertilizer you give your body, soul, and spirit, and the work you do to keep them healthy by the Manufacturer’s specifications, you will be surprised and delighted by the many things you can accomplish and the satisfaction and joy in life you will experience. You must cultivate and feed your potential according to God’s specifications and with His materials. Show me your friends, and I will show you your future. > Principles 1. The potential to produce fruit does not guarantee either fruitfulness or the quality of the fruit. 2. Potential must be worked (cultivated) and fed to produce fruit. 3. Ignorance messes up the next generation because God rejects both those who reject knowledge, and their children. 4. God designed the potential of your body, your soul, and your spirit to be maximized by specific fertilizers and environments that promote positive growth and development. 5. Cultivate and feed your body by getting the proper food, exercise, and rest, by using it with discretion, and by preserving and protecting it from pollutants. 6. Cultivate and feed your soul by feeding your mind positive, Godly information, by disciplining your will to discover and live by God’s wisdom and purposes, and by governing your emotions with God’s truth. 7. Cultivate and feed your spirit by living from God’s secret wisdom dispensed through His Holy Spirit.