Edify Men’s Prayer Breakfast

2:34:57 The short answer is whether or not I was scared or not. I'm not scared of what I think I can do for me this is where fear works for you when what you are sensing and sometimes God will just give you a flash of it but you know it's him and it makes you afraid that's the biggest sign for me is how I feel about it. If I feel like I got this, you got it. But I feel like, oh, God, I need you for this. I mean, I'll be honest with you, like, that's kind of what this is. For me, because it's different. You know, I'm in a phase right now where God is saying, you got to be all of who you are. I know you as a preacher, and that's wonderful.

2:35:52 You know, leader and all that kind of stuff. But you were this before that. and what men and women in the world need now, just as much as who you are in the spirit, is who you are as an apostle in business. And so for me, I mean, the simple answer is, does it make you want to throw up when you think about it? But that's not the only thing, right? There's fear, but then there's also a degree of excitement and there's a degree of clarity. There's another thing. I think clarity is a sign. So I have clarity about what it is and deep fear about doing it that lets me know that this is a God thing and not a my thing. Thank you for that.

2:36:42 Hey, sir. Just a quick question. Based on the conversation that the Lord had with Abraham, he took him out, he showed him, and he said at the end of that, that Abraham believed and it was accounted. How do we take what God has shown us and we go from belief to knowing? Well, there's a book that the young man wrote.

2:37:13 But belief, I mean, but knowing is belief consistently applied. You know, so in that message, we talked about a two-parter on I see angels and seeing. So God engages you, right? And any time God speaks to you, in the word that he gives you, there is a measure of faith. There's a measure of faith in that word. So it's not just a here, take this. There is the ability to believe in the word that he speaks. And you take that and you have to stick with it, hold it, act on it. We're going to do some acting upon what we've written down in just a second. As you act on it, as you step out on it, and so the Bible says the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, right? And he delights in his way, right? If you study that, the step, the idea of the step being ordered, that word ordered literally means erected.

2:38:10 So you step not because the path is there, but because the word is there. And as you step out on the word, not the path, the step is erected and then you feel concrete. You do that enough times. You trust God. Your belief is stronger in what God said than what you see. But that is belief applied. So how does belief become knowing? It's when belief is applied. Belief that isn't activated will turn into disbelief. Let me re-say that. belief that isn't activated is actually disbelief.

2:38:48 So you've got to move sometimes. And that's why sometimes when I get a word and I don't believe in being hasty, but there comes a point to where you really know that God spoke to you and he said it, you better get moving. Because you only have a window where you have that energy to move. Otherwise, you won't. And then God has to start all over again with you. And that's it. But belief comes to knowing when belief is applied. I'll take just two more because I want to we got a little bit more ground to cover. How you doing? I'm doing well. By the way, I am training. So if you if you go to the School of Kings website, I have a chat bot on there, I have an AI chat bot on there. I'm training it right now. So you can ask it questions right now. I've put a lot of information in there. I'm going to continue to train it but I train it by the questions that that that the questions that consistently come in those are the ones that I train on so you can literally go to that chat box and get some information I'm still building it you know because I'm trying to multiply again trying to multiply myself so I can be sleep but that thing you know I've books in there and all that kind of stuff so anyway that also particularly because it might be it literally might answer it because I've down I put so much information in there but go to I'm I'm sorry. What is the process to overcome business trauma failure?

2:40:14 Oh, so what I'm assuming you mean by business trauma failure is you failed at something and there is trauma, hesitation and all that kind of stuff. Oh, yeah, man. Yeah. Yeah. Trusting again is not easy. but when you believe that that failing is a part of the process like you have to understand truly like I promise you you can't show me one person that's successful that didn't have some sort of failure along the way just man falls seven times so the process you're asking about a process um I would first of all own it I would do an autopsy on the failure I would literally I would literally, I would take that failure and I would learn everything there is to learn about that failure. Here is the mind shift. Once you learn everything that you had to learn about that, it's a failure, but you're not.

2:41:11 Because now if you had to do it again, you would do it with this mastery. You understand what I'm saying? So failure helps you on the journey to mastery. but if you see it as irredeemable right if you see it as okay this this i can never get it back again i can never get back to that level again that's the enemy it's a lie the whole gospel is about getting it back again and getting it back better and stronger and more amazing than it was in the first place so so you have to have a redemption mentality a restoration mentality but but but and then and your confidence is built because this thing taught you so much right which means that you're going to win next time you follow me because you're anointed to succeed the help okay okay all right amen yeah do an autopsy on that failure man pick that thing apart do an autopsy on the failure don't look at don't let the failure do an autopsy on you you do an autopsy on that bad boy study it it's dead poke around dig your fingers in it pull the ligaments that's nasty pull the eyeballs out of that thing and how did this happen become an expert listen you all biology class y'all did this you dissect that rat right y'all didn't do that yeah for all for all oh I think I dissected a rat a little ghetto boy I'm sorry but but no but but what is happening what is when you do that what is happening is you are taking advantage of something dead you wouldn't be able to do it if it was alive you wouldn't be able to grow if it succeeded So failure, if seen properly, is an opportunity to win big on the next level.

2:43:12 Amen? All right, one more and then we got to move. All right. How you doing? Okay, so my question is asking questions is a part of knowledge. Yep. Okay. How do you not overcomplicate the questions? so your faith isn't shaken.

2:43:34 Okay, so you need to start. So it's not random questions, right? You have, so what, like, even as it relates to this exercise, what we're doing is we're getting clarity about what we have, right? So that's concrete. What I have is concrete. What I don't know is how much more is what I have than what I think it is. So you have a baseline. The baseline is my inventory. You can't, I may not know all that this thing do. I may not know that if I throw it down, if I give it to God, it'll turn into a snake or whatever I need it to be. I may not know that, but I know I've got that. So I think that you're talking about paralysis by analysis. When you just, you just going through, this is a really good thing and I won't digress too much, but this is a very interesting thing. So I push us to use artificial intelligence.

2:44:30 I push us to do that because I think you should do it. But there is an etiquette. There is a way to approach artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is not divine intelligence. It's not God. It is a resource and a tool that has information that you can use, but you still have to shape the way forward. So you still have to steward what you believe God said to you. So I'll use AI sometimes and I'll be like, no, that ain't it. You know, and not that it isn't like profitable, but it's not prophetic. You understand what I'm saying? So I'm like, no, you go sit down over there because now you're clouding. So I'm starting. I'm not starting empty. My questions aren't from an empty place. My questions are to create even more clarity. And if it can't create clarity, if it creates confusion or incoherence, then that I push to the side.

2:45:29 So when you ask a question, it needs to confirm or clarify. If it confuses, you throw that away. Amen. All right. We got a little bit more. So so when we looked at these potential companies or potential revenue streams in this, the second place is the second phase of ideation.

2:45:55 Now we're going to as we look at those things, you may have put one thing down, you may put five things down. I want you to ask some of these questions, because now what we're going to do is we're going to prioritize which of these things are worthy of pushing forward. Are you tracking with me? So we're going to qualify that by asking these questions. Which of these has the clearest demand? The clearest demand. In other words, where is it? No doubt in your mind. There's no doubt in your circle. There's no doubt in your research that the demand is clear and strong. write that down which one has the lowest barrier to entry right it's just another thing you don't you don't have to jump all the way off the cliff the 100 foot cliff to start jump off the 20 foot cliff which one has the the the the lowest barrier which one can i do fast because sometimes you want to get to the place of success early because so so you have this thing that you can flip right away and then you have this thing that's going to take you two years five years to flip so one might think well since i know i can do this easily let me put that to the side and let me go do this thing and start this thing to no no go do go get the win your consciousness your psyche your spirit needs a win so which one has the lowest barrier of entry maybe it's not going to be the seven figure or the eight figure thing maybe it's not going to be that but it might be a three figure or you don't you gotta you gotta rack up wins that's how it works be faithful over the little so convert it what's the lowest barrier to entry which one is the strongest alignment with my strengths right I don't want to move in something where I am not strong I don't want to move in something where I have to automatically go and get a partner or go and get resources or go and get trained. I'm going to get there, but not, no, no, no. I'm talking about where to start, how to prioritize, right? Which one has the highest scalability? That's important too.

2:48:01 Now the one with the highest scalability may or may not be the one that you start with, but you need to know it. hmm I'm trying not to get ahead of myself which one just will answer these questions and I'll bring it home and all that is which one will I initiate first I'm trying to determine sequence now I've looked at the opportunity I've stretched my imagination I've stretched my mind now I have to begin to ask questions about each of those opportunities because they will determine what I do and how I do it. Are we tracking? Three minutes to write those things down. Three to five minutes. It's about to get good. Thank you.

2:49:27 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

2:50:57 Okay, we'll give it another minute. You finish. Scan the QR code. Join the School of Kings community. I'm going to be praying I'm going to be sending you things if you're watching via live stream and you want this guide that we're working through get that as well on the QR code or go to theschoolofkings.com forward slash community All right.

2:52:16 Hopefully that was enlightening. Now, so we started with identity based on the promise. Then we took a look at inventory, what we have, what's in our hand. Then we investigated, started beginning to put into context what's in our hand. Then we moved into imagination so that we wouldn't be stifled in our own sense of what can be. Then we went into ideation where we began to put structure to what we perceived and what we learned and grew, learned and learned about ourselves. We looked at the potential companies that those can become, revenue streams, we wrote those things down. Then also in that ideation phase, we wanted to drill down a little further and look at those things and where the clearest demand was. And we ultimately want to see what to do with those things and to put them in various categories, not the least of which is what to start when, which to start first.

2:53:26 And now we're moving into the initiative stage. Because if we have all the information, but we don't do anything, it's almost worse than not having the information. And again, I want to reiterate that there's so much to talk about. There's so much to build upon. This is just laying a foundation for us. we're going to go further and deeper and wider and more precise and more clear. And some are going to be like, you know what, I need more. This was good, but I need more. And you'll rise to the top based on your questions. And I got you. And I'm praying. And I'm asking God, Lord, give me more. Give me more so I can give more.

2:54:17 So what does the initiation phase look like? It's about movement. We're getting clear, but now let's talk about how we're going to move. So you'll see this in the initiation phase, some questions. What is your first move within seven days based on this conversation? within the next week. Rome wasn't built in a day, but, you know, what the old adage, a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. So what are we going to do in the next seven days? What's my first step based on all this information? just write that down who will you tell for accountability you might have the person right around the table because accountability is everything anything that you really really are serious about doing that you know is going to take more than what you typically are accustomed to you need accountability partner someone to hold you accountable not someone to talk down to you but someone to speak up to you So you got this.

2:55:27 Let's keep doing someone. Give somebody permission. To to hit you up and ask how that's going. And you be that to somebody else as well. I I've been. Struggling for transparency with what we'll call.

2:55:47 Balancing everything I'm doing. God is. My my territory. has enlarged. And I knew how to maintain a balance, Pastor Robertson, on the last stretch of the territory. I knew what I needed to do to not be overwhelmed or, you know. But the territory got expanded before my disciplines. You understand what I'm saying? because God cannot increase your territory and ultimately your capacity without showing you how to manage things on this level so that you don't wither while you're winning. don't steal that that's coming that's coming winning without withering is something i'm gonna teach on god wants you to win but he doesn't want you to wither psalms one and three blesses the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands there ambassador don said too late blesses the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful but his delight is in the law of the lord and in his law he meditates day and night for he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in this season whose leaf will not wither and whatever he does shall prosper so so we're called to win but if we don't put certain structure in place we'll wither and if we wither while winning we're not winning we'll end up with less anyway i digress significantly I digress so God's been talking to me about how to manage things properly spiritually, physically business, all that kind of stuff and he gave me a system to do it but I don't trust myself enough to stick to the system

2:57:53 because I'm a workaholic so I had to bring my wife in on it I hate that too because she will hold me accountable to it I said baby here's the system you know and then when you allow somebody to hold you accountable, you got to give them permission to shut you down or fire you up. Hey man, you said you were going to do this in seven days. We had eight days. Bro, what's up, man? What's going on? You got to give them permission to kind of get up in there a little bit. Right? So who are you going to tell? Questions are, what are you going to do in the first seven days? Who will you tell that you're doing this for accountability? What will you schedule immediately? This is so important to write this down because you're going to leave out of here knowing what to do next.

2:58:37 What will you schedule immediately? Right? Because production begins with motion. I'm doing everything. So I knew the amount of time that I had with you. I knew it was short. I knew that there would be gentlemen at various stages in their walk in this room. And I said, God, in less than three hours, I want to lay a foundation. I want to spark something. I want it to be for some people, right? The vision, make a plan that they might run. but there's more. But I wanted to lay a good foundation and create some clarity so you walk out of here with clarity about the next steps and where you might be headed.

2:59:30 So please take a minute and fill out this section. We're almost there. And this next series of questions is going to get a little realer, a little more real. The Bible talks about counting the cost.

2:59:55 No one having put his hand to the top plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom. I want you to count the cost before you build. That's what we're going to do in this next exercise. And then we're going to have a powerful prayer and a declaration. And I'm going to release you into this new phase of clarity and wealth building. And some of you and many of you and all of you and all of you who are willing will never be the same again. And you'll see it because this is not just practical. This is spiritual. I came carrying something. There are certain things I can't give you. I'm thinking about the disciples in front of the temple and the paraplegic was asking for money they ain't had no money that's not necessarily my testimony but they didn't have no money they said silver and gold Pastor Robinson said it have I none I can't give you that but such as I have I give unto you I got something for you In the name of Jesus.

3:01:06 I don't dabble in what I can't give. But I do know what I carry. And I didn't just come to talk to you. That's part of it. Just to create space. I came to impart something. Give you something. And everything that we've talked about here. I can impart. I can impart.

3:01:28 I can impart. So. We're almost wicked. To that point of that. And here's the thing. It's really activating what God has already put there. That's really what it is. Because it's already there. Okay. Now, let's flip the page real quick. So we've got identity based on the scripture. We've got inventory based on the fact that God will never ask us for something that we don't already have. He won't ask us to build with what we don't have. Then we've got, so identity, inventory, investigate that inventory. Imagine, ideate, initiate, or taking the initiative. And then this one is about investment.

3:02:26 What is it going to cost? And I want us to work through these questions. this power to create wealth where we're going, it costs something it's going to cost time what is going to be your time investment in order to make this happen you see, I'm not playing I want us to truly count the cost for some it's going to cost money, how much for some it's going to cost comfort what do you need to do what do you need to give up what comfort will you sacrifice in order to make this multi-generational legacy thing happen? Are you tracking? It's going to cost time. It's going to cost money. It's going to cost comfort. Reputation.

3:03:18 What do you mean by reputation, PT? I'm saying you got to put yourself out there. So my brother was talking about the trauma of failure. am I afraid to put myself out there because I think that if I make the phone call to the investor, if I make the phone call to the partner, the potential partner, if I make the phone call to the bank, in order to win, you've got to be willing. You have to make yourself of no reputation.

3:03:50 Hello, somebody. You have to be willing to be called crazy. family what you're doing what you started well you better go down and get you a job at Walmart no I got a dream now I might do that for a little while to get my money and so into it but but don't don't lock me there don't lock me there I want to start the next competitor to Walmart maybe I'm there to learn you got to be willing to have some people question you what skill development what am I going to learn what tools am I going to use because I want to be the best I don't want to do it I want to do it well so what sort of skill development will I invest in to make this happen what are you willing to sacrifice to see this manifest as some of you and i'm going to say this and i hope it doesn't sting there's enough waste in your budget to underwrite a company And all you have to do is just make some slight of, there's enough waste in your current budget, in your current outflow, that if you just capture the waste itself, you can go buy a piece of property or go into maybe a REIT, some sort of real estate investment vehicle.

3:05:19 And now you're cash flowing or in that type of vehicle, you're not necessarily cash flowing in the typical cash flow way, but you're getting profits 9 to 16, 17 percent. That's coming to you in perpetuity simply because you stopped doing this. You were able to say no to those shoes. And let me tell you something. Here's a tip. When you go and buy some of these department stores, don't give them a fake cell phone number because they will text you all the latest and the greatest. I'm telling you. Don't have the devil right there in your phone.

3:05:57 I'm being funny, kind of. Pastor Robbins, am I giving Band-Aids? Here's another one that will sneak up on you, DoorDash. Somebody said, oh, DoorDash. Well, you're just too busy, you know, and you're at home, and so the next thing you know, you're paying $400, $500 a month in DoorDash or more. Hello, somebody. What could you do with $500? That's your business. That's your graphic design. That's your website right there. Again, God never requires what you don't have. But sometimes stewardship is about seeing and managing what you do have. We're almost there. what's the time investment that you're going to give to this what is it going to cost financially what are you going to do on the comfort side what reputation are you not going to be worrying about what opinion are you going to have to disregard or not be afraid of in order to get where God has taken you what skills are you going to learn? What are you willing to sacrifice? It's going to take risks. Okay, last one.

3:07:19 You Over the next 30 days, over the next 30 days, what will I complete? What will be finished in 30 days from now as it relates to what I've laid out?

3:07:43 What will I test? What will I launch? 30 days. What will I refine? There's somebody here. You've already got a launch, but you need to refine it. You'd be surprised sometimes if you just restructure a thing, it can become more profitable simply by restructuring some things. Taking a look at it afresh. The last thing that, one of the worst things that we can do is think that because it's working, it's working as efficiently and profitably as possible. What will I refine? Who will I involve? some people that have come to mind in this room as you start laying out your dream and start seeing clearly you start thinking you're already thinking about two or three people I need to call that person they got the key to this and then what measurable result will I aim for I need a goal 30 days I'll give you a few minutes and then we're going to make a declaration and then we're going to pray.

3:08:55 God gave me this, y'all. for you, for you. Because he loves you and he cares about you and he's for you.

3:09:17 And he was never not against you. He was never not against you. He was never against you. He was never not for you. he got you he sees the pressure oh it's a lot of pressure to be a man especially now he sees the fear He knows when life hurts, when life hurts, when life itself hurts. If you ain't been there, you keep living. He sees all that. And he says, hang in there. Hang in there. trouble don't last always hang in there I get it God says, I'll get down in the rabbit hole with you.

3:10:19 And you wouldn't be there if I hadn't made a way of escape. Just don't get weary in your well-doing. I wanted us to do this together. we look each other in the eyes and realize that we're on the journey together. None of us have it all figured out. We're all moving up the upward way little by little, step by step and we're going to make it. You're looking at men some of which have been through some stuff but that we're still here. Still breathing. Still got our right mind. Still serving God. Still hungry. Still believing. we're going to be all right.

3:11:09 We're going to be all right. It's already factored in. It's already factored in. God already factored your future in. If you have kids like me, you'd be concerned about your kids. Am I enough for them? Have I done enough for them?

3:11:29 God's got you covered. He knew you had kids. Gave you the ability to have them too. He got you covered. The promise is to your children's children. This is a gift from him. And all you have to do is show up. All right.

3:11:55 If you're ready, I want you to stand with me. There is a declaration. There's a declaration. that we're going to make and you'll see it here. They may put it up there. I don't know. I didn't ask them to. They may not, but we're going to declare it together.

3:12:32 I want you to repeat after me. In Jesus' name, I have power to produce. What has been entrusted to me will not die unused. I will move from promise to production. I will build with wisdom.

3:13:01 I will steward with integrity. I will pursue wholeness as I pursue success. I will not live beneath my design. Father I thank you for entrusting me with the attention of these your sons I count it the highest honor to be able to touch what you made and you formed Father I thank you that every curse is canceled.

3:13:52 Every alternative future, every diabolical agenda, every weapon formed, I render defeated and powerless in the name of Jesus. I feel something lifting off of somebody's mind right now. I feel it literally lifted there was a stronghold over your mind and right then in that moment right then in that moment it broke it broke it cracked it lifted it lifted off of your mind that's what the bible says for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they're mighty to the pulling down that greek word literally means a demolishing of strongholds I felt it break and lift it was almost like there was a like almost like a metal thing over your like a trap almost on your mind stronghold That's actually what that means. Stronghold is a fortified argument. And God broke it, broke it in this environment. He broke it. He broke it because as a man thinks, so is he. So, God, I thank you for the healing that's happening right now in the name of Jesus.

3:15:00 God, yes, we thank you for Deuteronomy 8, 18, God, but we know, Lord, that you want us to prosper in every way, even as our soul prospers. God, I thank you, Lord God, that their souls will prosper. God, from the crown of their heads to the sole of their feet, God, I pray renewal. I pray regeneration in the name of Jesus, healing of every sort, even stress. Some have been dealing with high blood pressure because they've been stressed out about things. I pray God that your yoke which is easy and your burden which was light Lord God would be there would be a shift from heaviness to your burden which is light peace peace peace peace peace I thank you Lord God that literally high blood pressure is going to begin to correct itself in the name of Jesus your sons are going to sleep better at night knowing that it's already done knowing that they're not lacking anything but that they possess everything God you have