Phil Strong

All about living a life of purpose on purpose

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  • Announcing Prosperous Soul

    I’m pleased to share that my good friend, Stephen De Silva, will be in New Zealand in February 2014 to deliver his Prosperous Soul seminar in two locations.

    Here’s a brief teaser on these events:

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    When it comes to money, why does it seem as if we’re always one step behind?

    The answer, says Stephen, is not just about how you handle your bank account.
    It’s also spiritual.

    Stephen combines practical financial teaching with sound biblical truth.  As you uncover the root spiritual issues behind money problems you will see how financial and spiritual success start with a soul centred on God.

    Success with our money is part of God’s plan for every believer, and it is our assignment today to prepare our hearts and character for good works in Christ.  Stephen’s prayer for you is that through this program you would prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers (3 John 1:2).

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    The dates are:

    Auckland – 14 and 15 February 2014.  Location:  Harbourside Church, Takapuna.

    Hamilton – 21 and 22 February 2014.  Location:  Eastside Church, Hamilton

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    Please visit http://wisemoney.co.nz/events/ to read more and register online.

    Video link:  http://youtu.be/WB5FRnKKs2E

  • Toil vs Rest

    Here’s a wee teaser from Phil’s notes:

    Jesus talks the talk when it comes to the Kingdom of God, and he also walks the walk.

     

    In every miracle situation the people did what they could and failed to succeed.

    But when Jesus arrives.

    BOOM.

     

    Here’s a challenge for all of us:  we come to church and we hear the Preacher talk about God and His amazing Truth.  We hear about the Kingdom of God but do we live it?

     

    The disciples had Jesus with them on the boat but they only turned to him as a last resort – they cried “we are going to die!”

     

    What position do we naturally take when we face a storm?

    • do we try and deal with it in our own strength?
    • or do we turn to Jesus and his answer?

     

    Here’s a quote I read this week:

    “Safety lies not in our distance from danger, but in our nearness to God.”

    And that’s from a soldier who was fighting the war in the Persian Gulf!

     

    Friends, that’s the difference between Toil and Rest.

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  • The Key to Overcoming Lack

    Connections Church, Taumaranui

    Phil speaks in response to his morning message on Poverty Mindset, and delivers the key to overcoming lack in your life.  You can break free!

    Here’s an excerpt:

    Our position of adoption means we are royalty.

    The choice we have:

    • to operate from a place of insecurity based on the accusations of the enemy
    • liberally and abundantly release as a channel for God’s resources.

    The heart of generosity, free of the affects of poverty, says not, “can  I afford to give?” but,

    “what have you given me the privilege to do?”

  • Dealing with Poverty

    Connections Church, Taumaranui

    What do you do when you’re asked to speak on the subject of Money and God asks you to speak on Poverty?

    You face it head on and tell it like it is!

    Here’s the key point:

    Poverty is not an economic issue, its an issue of the soul.

  • Culture of Honour

    Phil shares a powerful message on Honour that is likely to challenge you to the core!

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    If we began to regard each other with the significance that God Himself regards us, imagine how life would change!

    This is how we should treat each person in our family, in the community and even those who are not so easy to get along with.

    We do this all the time with our kids, we encourage them and tell them they’re going to be awesome when they grow up.  So why do we stop doing it with grown ups?

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  • Gratitude

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    I’m super excited to be working on the development of my latest book, Kids and Money.

    Instead of spending lots of energy typing the content and reasons why we wrote this book, essentially to help parents teach their kids some safe and practical money skills, I’ve put together some videos for you to watch.

    This video talks about the content of chapter 8, Gratitude.

     

    You can download your digital copy and begin to read this book in moments, thanks to Amazon and their global platform:

    Purchase Kids and Money here:

    http://amzn.com/B00ET00NW2

    The video is below.

  • Commitment – an essential discipline!

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    I’m super excited to be working on the development of my latest book, Kids and Money.

    Instead of spending lots of energy typing the content and reasons why we wrote this book, essentially to help parents teach their kids some safe and practical money skills, I’ve put together some videos for you to watch.

    This video talks about the content of chapter 7, Commitment – an essential discipline!.

     

    You can download your digital copy and begin to read this book in moments, thanks to Amazon and their global platform:

    Purchase Kids and Money here:

    http://amzn.com/B00ET00NW2

    The video is below.

  • Kids and Money

    Kids and Money

     

    I’m very excited to announce the release of my new book, Kids and Money.

    This is a project I have been working on for several years with my friend Amanda van der Gulik from Teaching Children About Money.  We have written and re-written text, skype chatted across the globe and worked with editors and designers in different parts of the world, and successfully completed the project!

    This book came from our desire to help parents, parents who were struggling with the notion of how to help their kids so that they did not repeat the financial mistakes of their parents!  You know, it’s so easy to travel along in life role-modelling bad behaviour without thinking about it.  But you can break that generational pattern by reading this book.

    This book is a must-read guide for parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles and family friends who want to invest in the financial success of their children.

    Many parents ask us

    How do you raise a financially savvy generation?

    This book will help to answer that question with practical solutions.

    • Learn to apply the simple keys to creating healthy money habits in your household.
    • Discover techniques for establishing supportive boundaries that nurture the development of creative thinking in children.
    • Identify and break unhealthy generational patterns that cause destructive financial behaviour and endless money worries.
    • Explore proven ways to empower your kids to be able to make wise financial choices from an early age.
    • Consider many perspectives so that you can develop your own answer to the question… should I give pocket money?
    • Be inspired with ways to create a safe place for your teenagers so they can learn money skills by planning, implementing and learning from their results.
    • Uncover the secret to your children’s motivation and commitment by helping them set their own financial goals.

    You can read a preview of the book here:  Book Preview

    Amanda and I have collected together a wide range of resources for readers which are provided as free downloads.  These are tools we have used over the years to help parents to help their kids.

    If you would like to purchase the book in print form or a an electronic book for your Kindle or iPad you can do so here:

    Purchase Kids and Money

     

     

  • Creating Motivation

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    I’m super excited to be working on the development of my latest book, Kids and Money.

    Instead of spending lots of energy typing the content and reasons why we wrote this book, essentially to help parents teach their kids some safe and practical money skills, I’ve put together some videos for you to watch.

    This video talks about the content of chapter 6, Creating Motivation.

     

    You can download your digital copy and begin to read this book in moments, thanks to Amazon and their global platform:

    Purchase Kids and Money here:

    http://amzn.com/B00ET00NW2

    The video is below.

  • Needs vs Wants

    teaching-kids-money-0

    I’m super excited to be working on the development of my latest book, Kids and Money.

    Instead of spending lots of energy typing the content and reasons why we wrote this book, essentially to help parents teach their kids some safe and practical money skills, I’ve put together some videos for you to watch.

    This video talks about the content of chapter 5, Needs vs Wants.

     

    You can download your digital copy and begin to read this book in moments, thanks to Amazon and their global platform:

    Purchase Kids and Money here:

    http://amzn.com/B00ET00NW2

    The video is below.