Author Archives: David G. Johnson

Entrepreneur, Writer, Speaker and Consultant... David is the founder of Nourish The Dream and dreams of a day when ambassadors of the Kingdom are spreading the fragrance of the Kingdom through every sphere of society.

 

  Let Down Your Nets for a Catch
 

Put Your Business Under the Kingdom

At our recent Nourish The Dream event in Tampa, Gary Keesee shared a powerful nugget from the early ministry of Jesus. In Luke 5, Jesus was teaching a crowd of people and was soon surrounded and pressed. He was backed up to the water where Peter and his partners in their commercial fishing business were [...]

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  5 Steps To Overcoming Failure by Gary Keesee
 

5 Steps to Overcoming Failure

Today we have a guest post from Gary Keesee that I’m sure you’re going to enjoy. If you missed it, be sure to listen to last week’s webinar with Gary and find out how to get a free copy of his book, Fixing the Money Thing.
Now, here’s Gary…
When was the last time you failed at [...]

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  The Hardest Thing You've Ever Done?

The Hardest Thing You've Ever Done?

 

The Hardest Thing You’ve Ever Done

“If you’re not currently doing the hardest thing you’ve ever done, you’re not growing.” – Gary Keesee
Everything that is alive grows. This is how God wrote the laws of the universe—both naturally and spiritually. Sometimes the growth is visible, like a healthy, thriving business (or my 7-year-old daughter whose height makes me wonder if she’ll [...]

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Achieving Your Life’s Goals

During yesterday’s webinar with Tom Ziglar, the conversation took a really powerful turn. Tom is (as you most likely already know) the “Proud Son of Zig Ziglar” and CEO of Ziglar, Inc. After we got an update on his Dad and talked a little about the brand new book from Zig and Tom called Born To [...]

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  Real Answers for Your Business: Nourish The Dream Tampa 2012
 

Real Answers for Your Business, Finances & Life

Join Some of the World’s Top Kingdom-Minded Business Leaders in Tampa, Florida for 2 Days Jam-Packed with Real, Actionable Tools to Increase Your Success and Impact in 2012 and Beyond!
When a young shepherd named David arrived at the front lines of the battle to deliver provisions to his brothers, he heard the gargantuan warrior taunting [...]

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  Has God Called You To Business?

Has God Called You To Business?

 

Has God Called You to Business?

Note: Thanks to some recent developments, we have quite a few new readers who may not really be familiar with what Nourish The Dream is all about… so we felt it was time for an introduction of sorts. Enjoy!
A little over ten years ago, I stepped out of my full-time job as a Pastor and [...]

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  SOPA: Are You Prepared To Be Silenced?

SOPA: Are You Prepared To Be Silenced?

 

SOPA and Your Right to Free Speech

Here at Nourish The Dream, we are incredibly passionate about the success of small businesses and entrepreneurs. We work tirelessly to produce events and resources that will help “nourish the dream” of business ownership and success in the lives of people. And that’s why we feel it’s important to bring SOPA (and its evil twin: [...]

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  Who Is Responsible to Create Your Economic Opportunity?

Who Is Responsible to Create Your Economic Opportunity?

 

The Economic Opportunity Myth

One of the (many) things that frustrates me about the current political discussion in the US has to do with economic opportunity. As is typical in the realm of politics, the debate over how to create economic opportunity is framed in such a way that an underlying presupposition is passed on to everyone as fact.
In [...]

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  Receive the King of Shalom

Receive the King of Shalom

 

Prince of Peace, Part 2

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6 NKJV)
Today I want to pick up where we left off last… talking about the Prince of Peace.
Isaiah [...]

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  Light in Darkness
 

Prince of Peace

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27 NKJV)
Hundreds of years before the Baby whose arrival we celebrate at Christmas time, Isaiah declared about Him:
For unto us a Child [...]

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