{"id":1469,"date":"2010-02-14T15:54:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T21:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2010-02-14T15:54:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T21:54:31","slug":"today-the-gathering-%e2%80%93-accept-no-mediocre-life-and-a-special-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/today-the-gathering-%e2%80%93-accept-no-mediocre-life-and-a-special-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Today @ The Gathering \u2013 Accept No Mediocre Life, and A Special Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Today @ The Gathering<\/a> Paula and I made a special announcement; something we\u2019ve been thinking, praying, and working toward for a long time.<\/p>\n

Here it is.\u00a0 On April 30th<\/sup> we\u2019ll be presenting a live event, which will be entitled, \u201cMaking Marriage Fun Again.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

This Thursday, Paula and I will be married 38 years.\u00a0 That, I consider to be my highest achievement: the ability to woo, wow, and win a woman\u2019s heart, and spend the rest of my life making sure she never regrets it.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve worked on our marriage, we\u2019ve helped thousands work on theirs and we\u2019ve come to this conclusion: that America is in trouble because her marriages are in trouble.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That may sound simplistic to some of you, but it really isn\u2019t.\u00a0 It\u2019s the truth. Our economic woes are not our problem; it\u2019s our marriages.\u00a0 They are falling apart; both in and outside the church.\u00a0 Both men and women of faith, and those who just choose to go it on their own aren\u2019t able to deliver on the promise of a happy life.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not because people are bad.\u00a0 It\u2019s just because they don\u2019t possess the skills it takes in order to be married over a lifetime<\/strong>; not just surviving, but thriving, and having fun.\u00a0 Here\u2019s my conviction: no one marries a boring person not having fun, but most people end up that way sooner or later.<\/p>\n

On April 30th<\/sup>, somewhere in the Franklin\/Cool Springs\/Nashville area we\u2019re going to be having a night when we\u2019ll focus on what we call the Seven Super Keys of an Amazing Marriage<\/strong>: the seven over-arching skill sets that you must possess in order to be happily married over a lifetime.<\/p>\n

In America, the quickest way to poverty is to get a divorce.\u00a0 Also the fastest way to enduring wealth is to marry early, stay married over a lifetime, and build wealth that leads to a legacy.<\/p>\n

There will be more forthcoming on this announcement along with a web site where you can find out more details and sign up<\/em> to attend our first-ever live event.<\/p>\n

Today we also launched into a brand new series entitled \u201cAccept No Mediocre Life\u201d <\/strong>based on my book by the same title.\u00a0 Everyone who came today received a free book<\/strong>, and I think just about everyone who got a free book wanted to have it signed.\u00a0 It was overwhelming to see the long lines of people, and exciting to be able to hear the stories of how God\u2019s grace has revolutionized the life of these men and women.<\/p>\n

I am a pastor doing what I love, where I want to be, with the people I love being with.\u00a0 Nothing can be better than that.<\/p>\n

Today we talked about the definition of excellence.\u00a0 There are four simple ideas involved:<\/p>\n

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  1. I will excel at being who I am<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. I will excel at being where I am<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. I will excel with what is available to me at the time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. I will excel in the time allotted to me<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These first three weeks are going to be dealing with the first section of that four-part definition; I will excel at being who I am.<\/strong> Today we talked about embracing our uniqueness, understanding that I am not who you think I am, I am not even who I think I am.\u00a0 I am not who the labels and libels of those around me try to define me to be.\u00a0 But here are my three affirmations based on God\u2019s love:<\/p>\n

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    1. I am who God says I am<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. I have what God says I have<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. I can do what God says I can do<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What an amazing day, to see the lives of hundreds and hundreds of people who have been changed by this hope, who have been set free and liberated from a small, beige, boring life!\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t been set free by this message of hope, you can be.\u00a0 Go to the podcast <\/strong>and download either the audio or video, and let this teaching set you free, as it has me and so many others.<\/p>\n

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      Today @ The Gathering Paula and I made a special announcement; something we\u2019ve been thinking, praying, and working toward for a long time. Here it is.\u00a0 On April 30th we\u2019ll be presenting a live event, which will be entitled, \u201cMaking Marriage Fun Again.\u201d This Thursday, Paula and I will be married 38 years.\u00a0 That, I … Continue reading “Today @ The Gathering \u2013 Accept No Mediocre Life, and A Special Announcement”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}