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This Shocked Me, and It Will Change Your Life

Gary Keesee • Oct 10, 2017

When I first saw this law of the Kingdom in action, I was shocked! I knew that I had discovered something about the Kingdom of God and how it worked. I knew that if this principle worked for THIS, it would work for ANYTHING!
You need to know this—

Just ONE experience with the Kingdom can completely change your life.

Peter is a perfect example.

There he was after he had fished all night and caught nothing. He was probably really tired and feeling pretty defeated.

Then, he listened when Jesus told him to let down his nets, and something shocking happened.

He caught so many fish that his nets began to break and the boat began to sink.

Frantically, he yelled out to his partners, James and John, who were on the shore, to bring a second boat and help him. As they helped Peter, their own boat became so full of fish that it was in danger of sinking, too.

Slowly, the men made it back to shore with the tremendous catch. Then they stood in front of Jesus, stunned and amazed at what they had just seen.

They knew what they had just experienced wasn’t normal. God was clearly involved with what had just happened.

That’s the moment Jesus invited them to follow Him. And the Bible says they didn’t hesitate. They left their boats and nets and followed Jesus.

That one experience with the Kingdom of God changed the entire direction and destiny of their lives.

One experience with the Kingdom will change your life, too.

Just like God used an incredible catch of fish to get Peter, James, and John’s attention and demonstrate the principles of the Kingdom, He will use situations in the natural realm to get YOUR attention and demonstrate the Kingdom of God to you in a real and tangible way. He wants you to stop in amazement and ask, “How in the world did that happen?”

For me, it happened through deer hunting.

DON’T STOP READING if you don’t hunt! Because the principles still apply!

Twenty-five years ago, I had a young family to feed. Money was nonexistent, and I knew very little about the Kingdom of God. I knew a lot about church and the Bible, because I had gone to Bible school, and I was in church, but I didn’t know much about the Kingdom of God.

Now, when I say “Kingdom,” I’m referring to the laws that govern the Kingdom.

See, every kingdom operates through government and uses laws. God’s Kingdom is no different; its spiritual laws can be learned and applied to our lives.

But I had never learned those laws. I still thought, like most Christians do, that God does what He does because He’s God, and no one can really be sure exactly what He’ll do or when He’ll do it.

I loved God, but I was broke and busted. I was sick physically and emotionally, and living totally in survival mode, always looking over my shoulder waiting for the next thing to go wrong.

But God had a plan to get my attention, and it involved one of my passions: deer hunting.

See, I used to hunt with no success. I had hunted for several seasons and came up empty-handed. But one day the Lord spoke to me and said, “Why don’t you trust me for your deer this year?”

I really didn’t know what that meant, but the Lord continued. He said, “I want you to sow a financial seed for that deer, and when you sow that money toward the deer, call it done according to Mark 11:24.”?

Now, I knew Mark 11:24 said, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” So I wrote out my check and wrote on the bottom of it “for my buck.”

To make a long story short, that year I went out and bagged a six-point buck within 40 minutes of being in the woods.

I was thrilled!

Of course, that caught my attention, but our minds always try to tell us that things could’ve happened by chance. So the next year, I tried it again. I sowed specifically for my deer just as the Lord had instructed, and again, I had my deer in less than 40 minutes. I did the same thing the next year with the same result.

Now, I’ve been doing that for more than 25 years.

When I first saw this law of the Kingdom in action, I was shocked! I knew that I had discovered something about the Kingdom of God and how it worked. I knew that if this principle worked for deer hunting , it would work for ANYTHING!

Using the principles that God taught me about His Kingdom, Drenda and I got completely out of debt in just a few short years, and we began to tell everyone we met about the laws of the Kingdom we were discovering.

I want to help you learn what I learned. That’s why I’ve just recorded my book, Faith Hunt , on audio.

Faith Hunt IS FOR EVERYONE, not just for hunters. It will teach you how to apply the principles of Kingdom faith to ANY area of YOUR life.

Just as my life was completely changed by the Kingdom, yours can be, too!

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5 Steps to Release the Kingdom in Your Life

By Gary Keesee • 10 Apr, 2024
Reading Time 2 mins 13 secs – In John 6, we read the story of Jesus feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. Do you know it? It’s where we see Jesus teaching the disciples how to release the Kingdom of God into the earth realm. Basically, a large crowd was following Jesus, listening to Him teach, and watching Him perform miracles. It got to a point where the people needed to eat, and Jesus asked the disciples what they planned to feed the people. Of course, Jesus knew the disciples would freak out. They couldn’t feed 5,000 people. In fact, they started talking about how it would take more than half a year’s wages to buy just a bite for that many people. Jesus was teaching the disciples, and He was teaching us— the Kingdom of God has all the answers you need . How can you release the Kingdom of God into your life? Here are the five steps Jesus took. 1. Look at what you have. Jesus asked the disciples what they had to feed the people. What do you have in your life that you can give God to work with? Jesus multiplied bread into bread and fish into fish. What do you need multiplied in your life? Find some of it. That’s your seed. Also, remember that money can be named. You don’t sow money to believe for more paper or digital money. Money represents your life and can be named to be the thing you need multiplied. 2. Make sure you’re in faith. “To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1, GNT). You have to know how to judge whether or not you’re in faith. How? Do you have the right picture? When you close your eyes, what do you see? Do you see yourself with the thing you’re believing for? Can you defend your position? Why do you believe it? Prove it! Because you can be sure that between the “Amen” and the “There it is!” the enemy is going to contend for it, so you better be able to defend it. Do you have joy, expectancy, and peace? Are you in agreement with your spouse? 3. Confess over what you have, and release it in faith. Be specific. Say exactly what you’re believing for and release the seed to God. 4. Get the plan from God. Be ready for new direction, new ideas, and new concepts by revelation from the Holy Spirit. Carry a notepad and a pen. Write everything down. 5. Act quickly! When God gives you the plan, MOVE! It’s wise to have counselors and get wisdom, but you need to act swiftly on any direction you receive from the Holy Spirit.

Want Growth and Success? Here Are 10 Steps to Help Take You There

By Gary Keesee • 13 Mar, 2024
Reading Time 2 mins 34 secs – How can you make sure you’re equipped for the growth coming your way this year? Here are my 10 steps to posture yourself for opportunity and success. 1. Ask yourself how you’re handling your current responsibilities. Don’t run from your responsibilities. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, you should be a success. People will still see the evidence of God even if you think you’re in the wrong spot. 2. Detox your life of the things that keep you from having time to think. We live in a fast-paced world. There are plenty of things that can keep you distracted. But it’s in the moments that you stop to think that you’ll find ways to solve problems, and that’s where the opportunities are. So figure out what is consuming your time. Start saying no to some things. Find time to think. 3. Don’t hang around people who are always losing. I know people hit rough spots, but if the people in your life are chronically losing, it’s time to expand your circle. Hang around people who are better than you are, who don’t see things as impossible, and who have vision. It may be uncomfortable for you, but their influence will cause you to think differently. 4. Write down EVERY idea that you have, no matter how strange it seems. Most people filter opportunities and ideas through what they perceive their ability to be. This means most people discard ideas by the dozens because they don’t think they can do them. But God isn’t limited to what you know how to do. The ideas He gives you might seem so weird to you that you can’t process them fully. Write them down so you have time to think about them. 5. Research. Research. Repeat. You don’t need to know how to do something; you need to know how to learn how to do it. Research until you find what you’re looking for. 6. Count the cost before you jump. A lot of Christians hear God and jump out too soon, resulting in catastrophe. There are seasons for everything. God will prepare you for where He wants you to go. Be patient. 7. Always be in agreement with your spouse. Never, ever march out into battle without your spouse being in total agreement and your faith aligned. 8. Ask God for direction. Ask Him to help you, to show you where to go, and what to do. And always remember that prophecy from other people shouldn’t lead you; it should only confirm what God has already said to you. 9. Commit to never quit. Quitting is not an option. Once you’ve moved, don’t move again until God speaks to you. Stay with it. Walk it out. Don’t quit. So many people have so much potential, but they get uncomfortable and they quit. If you want to win, you should always be stretching. 10. Get ready to embrace bigger things. Your ability to see the big picture will keep growing as you change and grow on the inside. You’ll pick up on even more opportunities. For more principles, check out this FREE video on success.

The Consequences of Strife: Why You Should Never Allow It in Your Life

By Drenda Keesee • 14 Feb, 2024
Reading Time 2 mins 59 secs – A stuffed toy laid in the road at the scene of the accident. As we passed, the Lord spoke to me, “ Okay, this is your last warning. Are you going to continue this? You know you are opening the door to the enemy.” Gary and I had had a disagreement just before we had left the house for our family road trip. And there we were six hours in and we’d barely said a word to one another. Six hours. You think driving from Ohio to Tennessee is a long stretch of highway? Try doing it while giving someone the silent treatment. One word: torture. Then we passed the accident. Gary and I both felt the same conviction when we passed it, especially because it clearly involved children. But... pride. We knew what we were doing wasn’t good. (What kind of example is it to your children to ignore each other?) But neither of us wanted to lay down our pride. I kept hearing the voice of the Lord, and I’d think, No, I’m not going to fix this thing, because then I’ll have to talk to him. It was almost a competition to see who could hold our grudge for the longest. But strife is dangerous stuff. What is strife? Drama, conflict, friction, disagreement, bickering, arguing, bad blood, disputes… whichever words you use to describe it, it’s dangerous. Whether it’s between you and your spouse, you and your child, you and a friend, you and a family member, or you and a coworker, you don’t want to let strife remain in your life. The Bible says that where there is strife, there is confusion and there is every evil work (James 3:16). Our small argument between Gary and I had gone unchecked and had escalated, and neither one of us were listening to the voice of the Lord. And there were consequences for our strife and outright disobedience. About an hour after we passed the accident, a car pulled out in front of our vehicle, and we were in what could have been a very serious car accident. I started yelling the name of Jesus, and God supernaturally protected our entire family. Initially, it looked as though there were going to be serious issues. They told us our son’s spleen might rupture. I was pregnant, and the doctors worried that I might lose the baby. Through all of these things, we stood on the Word of God, and we all came out unharmed, including the young preacher’s son who had pulled out in front of us (he was in disobedience at that moment too). Even in the midst of this difficult situation, through our prayers, standing on God’s Word, and our children’s words to the medical personnel, we had opportunities to minister and impact the little county hospital we had to visit. The enemy tried to take us out, but he lost. We were responsible for opening the door to the enemy. But the name of Jesus is more powerful than our mistakes and circumstances, and that is what kept us protected. You MUST stay on guard and not allow strife in your life, with anyone. How? Here are just three quick tips: Bite your tongue. You don’t have to say everything you think. Don’t lash out or give the silent treatment. Work on communicating with others in a healthy way. Repent quickly and forgive quickly. Take responsibility; admit when you’re wrong. Say you’re sorry and ask for forgiveness. Don’t hold onto hurts. Forgive as you’ve been forgiven by Jesus.
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