Large, high-end department stores will often have over-sized display windows that face the street. These windows are often filled with dummies, also known as mannequins. The mannequins are clothed in the most current trends and positioned in such a way so as to draw the attention of the passers-by on the street. Some of the very expensive stores will even go to great lengths in employing living-mannequins to stand in their windows, clothed in their fashions, in an effort to attract people into their stores. One time when my wife Lois and I were walking in New York City, we literally saw a living-mannequin sitting in a Ferrari in a display window!

Why do the owners of these department stores go to such efforts in filling the windows with such elaborate displays? The reason they do this is so that when people are walking down the street, they will be impressed by what they see and that will then draw them into the store to shop. These dressed-up-dummies draw potential customers into a kingdom of clothes and merchandise that has floor after floor after floor of so much more.

Friend, when God blesses you, He does so with the intention of putting you on display. He allows you to be successful, obtain your education, have the resources that you do, gain popularity or notoriety, so that you will be seen as a representative of His kingdom who has been touched by the favor and grace of God Himself. But don’t go and get the big head when He clothes you in such fine designer threads. Because if you start to think you got yourself to where you are now, you will forget that it was His providential leading and provision which made you into what you are today.

We must all remember that on our best day, we are sinners saved by grace.


Blessings Pastor Milton
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When it comes to being a business owner, you can be driven or led by a variety of things. Some business owners are driven by profits, accolades, power, passion, or freedom and flexibility, but the Bible shows us that to experience God’s best, we should be driven by the Kingdom of God and led by the Spirit of God.

As a Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur, your entrepreneurship is motivated by seeing an increase of the Kingdom of God on Earth, and it is propelled forward by seeking first the Kingdom of God. Isn’t it such an honor and a privilege to know that the Creator of the Universe, the only One who sees all and knows all is interested in partnering with you in your business? He desires to create with you, guide you, provide for you, and draw you (and others) closer to Him. 

When you are a Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur, it is certainly not business as usual. Your business is fully yielded to God (CEO and business partner) and led by the Holy Spirit (Chief Operating Officer). You allow Jesus to be Lord of your entrepreneurial journey. You align with God’s dream for your enterprise and seek His heart for the people you serve and cross paths with in the marketplace. Once you have made a decision to be Kingdom driven, you simply will not be able to imagine doing business without partnering with the presence of an awesome and limitless God. 

Do You want to learn more about building a business the kingdom way?

When a couple announces their engagement, most people want to hear “their story.” How did they meet? Was it love at first sight? Were they childhood sweethearts, or did they meet later in life? Whatever the case may be, a couple’s origin story intrigues us. 

Have you ever considered the origin story of marriage itself? If you want to have a healthy marriage, the first thing you must understand is that marriage is God’s idea. And because He created it, we must go to Him for its definition and understanding. This means that when your marriage, whatever its origin story, is brought under the rule of God, your relationship can flourish and become all that God intended it to be.

From Scripture, we discover that God created marriage to expand His kingdom in human history. A kingdom marriage is “a covenantal union between a man and a woman who commit themselves to function in unison under divine authority in order to replicate God’s image and expand His rule in the world through both their individual and joint callings.” That’s a mouthful, so you may want to go back and re-read it. But simply put, the mission of marriage is to replicate the image of God in history and to carry out His command to let mankind rule.

So, marriage is not merely a social construct. Nor is happiness its goal. This is one of the main problems that many marriages face today. Couples relate to marriage only through social and emotional terms. We must go back to the biblical understanding of marriage. God created it as a sacred covenant, with the responsibility to reflect His image and to advance His kingdom. Happiness is a benefit of marriage, but it is not the goal of marriage. The goal is to reflect God through advancing His kingdom on earth. Happiness occurs as an organic outgrowth when the biblical goal is pursued.

The bottom line is marriage is a kingdom concept, not just a social one.

How does making happiness the goal of marriage create problems in one’s marriage?