Secret Millionaire
Dani Johnson is no stranger to fresh
starts. Not that long ago, she was broke, homeless, and looking for a new
beginning. At one point in our lives, most of us wish for a clean slate. Many
people view the new year as an opportunity to start fresh and through her
Spiritual Equipping broadcasts, Dani provides a plan to follow. She recently
posted her first 2013 Spiritual Equipping message on her website.
Dani spends much time coming up with the messages for her
broadcasts and many of these begin as small thoughts or ideas. This one was no
different but over the next week, it began to build, overpowering a different
message that she was initially preparing. It began as the word “fresh” and
after Dani researched the occurrences of this word in the Bible, she knew she
was onto something.
Mark 2:21-22 was the first passage that resonated with Dani.
It carries the age-old message of “out with the old and in with the new” but
adds a warning. It says that a new patch cannot be expected to work if it is
put on an old garment. Shrunken cloth should be used to mend old garments or
greater tears will result. Dani interpreted this message to mean that God is
bringing something new to our lives in 2013 and to embrace it, we must discard
our old mindsets, habits, and ways.
The old is worn out and merely serves as baggage that
prevents us from carrying the new into the future. By discarding it, we have
room to embrace new mindsets and ways. This message corresponds well with the
next passage Dani discovered, 2 Corinthians 5:17. It says that people who are
in Christ are new creatures. This is an immediate result of believing and
confessing that Jesus died on the Cross, rose, ascended, and now sits at the
right hand of God.
This passage also states that old things have passed away,
which Dani interprets to mean past resentments, bitterness, pain, doubts,
fears, and even mistakes. For those who are in Christ, these things are gone
and new things have come. These are already here and we simply need to
recognize and embrace them.
These two Bible passages are perhaps the most important
things to keep in mind during this new year. We cannot start the year with our
old ways of thinking because this will hold us back. This is a chance for a
fresh start, a new way to think about money, work, loved ones, and ourselves.
Now is the time to embrace the new beginning and continue this momentum
throughout the year.
Dani plans to follow this soon with the remainder of her
message for the new year. She hopes it will help us see what God has in store
for us this year. Readers who take this message and run with it should position
themselves for great success in 2013. Dani encourages each of us to share her
message with others because someone is bound to find hope and inspiration in
it.
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