Section 2
Kingdom 320 DNA
One thing you’ll learn about me is that I value true, raw honesty.
Unlike all of the ‘gurus’ out there, I am not here to give or receive ‘fluff.”
I do not care what does or does not ‘sell.’
I care about being more like Jesus: real, raw, and willing to flip some tables for the sake of truth.
If you resonate with that, keep reading. If you don’t, this may not be for you.
Someone asked me the other day to describe my life in three words.
Before I share those three words with you, I’m going to share my story…
…the story of how a typical average guy like myself...
…went from bankrupt to financially independent in a matter of a few months.
MY STORY
I was not raised in the church and I had no idea who this Jesus guy was.
When I was young, my parents went through a rough divorce which left me lost, confused, and struggling to understand the point of even living.
I had no hope or direction.
When I turned 18, a friend asked me to drive him to the Navy recruitment office so that he could enlist.
I walked him inside and took a seat in the little waiting area while he went inside the office.
A few minutes went by and then the recruiter stepped outside the office and asked me “do you want to enlist in the United States Navy?”
I thought about it and answered with a firm and confident “heck no!” (with some more colorful language… give me a break, I wasn’t saved yet)
He then rephrased the question: “Do you want to get paid to travel the world and go places most people only dream about?”
That was the question that led me to enlist in the United States Navy!
A couple months later, I was deployed on a 4 year tour aboard the USS Arctic AOE- 8.
Navy life wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be, but it did give me a sense of patriotism, a love for this country, and something to live for.
Life was fairly simple. During the daytime we would work hard…
This is where I learned discipline, loyalty, honor and patriotism.
And at night we would dock the ship, my friends and I would go into the local towns, and we’d drink until it was time for lineup the next morning.
I began to notice something different, though, about one of my friends, Sheldon.
He didn’t come out drinking with us and… there was something about him… he had an unshakable positivity… almost like he knew something that I didn’t.
Finding Jesus
Entering The Business World
From the time that I got saved, I began to feel called to start a business.
Every single prophetic word spoken over me had to do with me ‘funding the Kingdom.’
I didn’t really know where to start, so I became a realtor.
I had a repeat client who was different from the first time homebuyers that I was used to working with.
He wasn’t buying houses to live in, he was buying them to flip them… and he was making a TON of money doing it.
I thought “why does he get to have all the fun”… so I tried it out myself.
I really had no idea what I was getting myself into, I had no business education, no mentor, no roadmap or guide, no like-minded community…
…I just read a couple books and tried to figure it out myself.
Losing My First Love
I began to see some quick success.
I closed a couple deals and made a bunch of money.
I held my head high and began to feel like a winner.
But like most young people who make good money, I began to let that success get to my head.
I started to think that I was the reason for my own success, and little by little, I forgot about the reason I started: to fund God’s Kingdom.
My marriage and my relationship with Jesus took a back seat, as my world began to revolve around my business.
Losing Everything
Then the "Great Recession" of 2008 hit.
I was in the middle of developing two multimillion dollar mansions in Fairfield Connecticut, when the Market crashed.
I lost everything.
I lost my house, I lost money that friends and family trusted me with, I lost my business, I lost my dignity, and I lost my pride.
I was a living example of Matthew 23:12: “For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
My family and I moved into the extra bedroom at my Dad's house, and I officially hit ‘rock bottom.’
What I Learned
God humbled me in that season and taught me a valuable lesson: I cannot do this on my own.
I learned just how much I need God.
I need him to be at the center of my life.
And I need help.
I need someone to follow who is already where I want to be.
I realized the cost of just trying to ‘figure it out on my own.’
During my rock bottom season, depressed, $8.4 million in debt, living in my Dad's extra bedroom, something crazy happened...
One day at church, the preacher stopped his sermon, pointed me out in the crowd, and began prophesying over me.
This is what he said:
“Son, you have an anointing on your life to fund the kingdom through business. You are going to live a life marked by Kingdom abundance. You are going to give more to the church than you have ever made in your life. And you are going to be a bridge. You are going to help other Christians do the same”
My Comeback
When I stopped feeling sorry for myself, I dusted myself off and began to rebuild… this time, the right way.
I found a better business model that did not require so much risk.
I borrowed $30k from a friend and hired a business coach to mentor me.
A few months after hiring that coach, I broke 6 figures in business revenue.
I was able to pay my friend back in full WITH interest!
60 days after that I was featured on an A&E TV show.
From there, my business took off.
Over the next 15 years, I went on to make millions in my business, and have acquired almost a quarter billion dollars worth of income-producing-assets.
I also began to coach and mentor hungry aspiring entrepreneurs, teaching them exactly how to do what I’ve done.
3 Words To Describe My Life
The other day, when I was asked what three words best describe my life, this is what I said:
Exceedingly
Abundantly
More
That brings us to today. The heart of the Kingdom 320 message is this:
"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly more than we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us" Ephesians 3:20
In 2009, When I received that prophetic word that I would “fund the Kingdom through business” and that I would “help other Christians do the same,” while literally $8.4 million in debt, it seemed absolutely ridiculous.
But I chose to believe it.
I chose to take action towards it.
Fast Forward to today, I am living that prophetic word.
“So, Jeff, if you're so successful, why not just retire on a beach somewhere?”
Go back and read the last line of that prophetic word: “You are going to help Christians do the same”
Honestly, I’ve wrestled with the idea of sailing into the sunset, but I don't yet feel like my mission is complete.
I have a vision that keeps me up at night.
It looks something like this:
There are a million Christians who are waiting...
They, like me, all have a call from God to live a life marked by Ephesians 3:20…
… A life through which they are radically blessed so that they can radically bless others…
…A life in which they are radically free and not bound to a 9-5 job that barely pays the bills…
…A life in which they are triumphant and victorious Kingdom warriors, making a real and measurable difference in the world, in politics, in the arts, in the marketplace…
But they’re waiting for someone to turn around and be a bridge.
That’s why Kingdom 320 exists. We exist for those who are called into abundance, but are waiting…
…for a simple, ethical vehicle through which they can realize their God-given entrepreneurial potential…
…for someone who has been where they’re called to go, to take them by the hand and train them…
…for a community of like minded believers to come alongside them and breathe life into their dreams, and to tell them what they CAN DO, in the midst of a world filled with people telling them what they CAN NOT DO.
My greatest motivation in this life is to one day enter Heaven’s gates and hear “well done good and faithful servant”...
…to GO ALL OUT, to leave it all on the field, and to win as a team… as a church of champions… not a church of cowards.
...to help create a church that can be described in three simple words…
exceedingly, abundantly, more.
So now it's time for me to share with you the "secret sauce"…
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