Authorized To Prosper
Copyright © Ernest Johnson
http://www.TheRichHead.com

About the saddest occasion for me is at the eleven o'clock service on Sunday morning, when I look around at all the people in church who are worshiping a God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills, and because most of them don't know their authority, they may never receive the prosperity that God has authorized them to have.

I want to cry out "Don't you know that we are the children of God, and God is not poor and does not want us to be? Our Father in heaven supplies all our needs and gives us the desires of our hearts."

A few weeks ago, after Sunday morning service, I overheard a member of the congregation saying that he was looking for a home business opportunity. From other conversations with this member, I knew that he had a general knowledge of computers and surfing the web. So therefore, I gave him one of my business cards and told him that I thought this particular business could possibly work for him. He was really excited and appreciative. Nearly in tears, he thanked me over and over and over again. I was really happy for him and really glad that I had extended the offer.

A few weeks passed before I saw him again, and so I asked him how he was doing with the business. "Well" he said, "I haven't really looked at it yet." Needless to say I was somewhat disappointed. I asked God in prayer, what is it that paralyzes us and keeps us from taking action? The Spirit said to me, "It is Fear, because my children do not know that they are authorized to prosper."

God gives us the power (authority) to get wealth. His word tells us that life and death (living well or not) are in the power of the tongue. So many of us can quote scripture, but very few are diligent to present themselves approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. The ones who are diligent are obvious. They are the biggest tithers. They truly know that God opens up the windows of heaven and rebukes the devourer. The diligent are always the first to sow because they know what God means by "Give and it shall be given unto you." They always appear to be healthy. They don't even catch a cold, because they know that "By His stripes we are healed." They live in perfect peace because their minds are stayed on Him. Everything that their hands touch prospers, because they delight in the law of the Lord and meditate in it day and night. In other words, the diligent ones know that they are authorized by God (His Word) to prosper, and for them all things are possible. Therefore, it is impossible for them to fail.

Yes, I was disappointed. I handed him a business card and because he doesn't know he is authorized to prosper, he doesn't know that he can not fail. He doesn't know that he is authorized to use the power of his tongue to bind that spirit of fear and cast it out with a word. Because he doesn't know his authority, he doesn't know that his need is met, he's debt free, and he lends and does not borrow. He doesn't know that in everything he is more than a conqueror, because he should know that he can do all things through Christ, who strengthens him.

So yes, about the saddest occasion for me is at the eleven o'clock service on Sunday morning, when I look around at all the people in church who are worshiping a God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills, and because most of them don't know their authority, they may never receive the prosperity that God has authorized them to have.


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Ernest Johnson is the Manager of The Rich Head, L.L.C., a company dedicated to helping ordinary people make extraordinary money while working from home on the internet. To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home, visit:
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Deducting Your Home Office Is Not Always a Wise Choice

Copyright © Ernest Johnson
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Author Name: Ernest Johnson

Even as it is every home based business owner's dream come true, deducting your home office may not always be a wise choice or even a legal one. The Internal Revenue Service has put in place a plethora of very strict guidelines that determine which entrepreneurs will have the option of taking that coveted deduction and who is not eligible to do so.

Generally speaking, you may write off the use of your home office if you conduct your business activities on a regular basis at that location. If you work at other places as well, the deduction may not apply to you. This might be of special note for freelance writers and others who do business with little more than a laptop and who find that they can do their work at the park or coffee shop, as well as they can do it at the desk in the spare bedroom.

In addition, you must use that space you are trying to deduct entirely for your home business. Thus, the desk you shoved into the corner of your living room or kitchen will not permit you to write off the living room or kitchen as a home office, since the rooms are actually serving other purposes as well. Home business entrepreneurs who are running daycare operations from their homes are obviously exempt from this exclusive use clause; all others must abide by it.

If you find that you meet all of the requirements imposed by the federal government, you will be permitted to deduct a number of expenses that will severely lessen your tax liability:

• Deduct the applicable portion of taxes you pay on your property.
• Write off a portion of the mortgage interest you pay or the rent you pay to your landlord.
  
• Utilities that are used within your home office, insurance such as homeowners, fire, flood, or earthquake insurance, and common maintenance expenses are all deductible items.

As you are calculating the applicable deduction, make sure you use only the percentage that is equivalent to the actual size of the room you utilize. You will not be able to write off your entire second story if you only use one room of it for your business! In the same way, it is wise to consult with a tax professional if you are trying to sell the IRS on your notion of using an actual suite of rooms within your home for the sake of your freelance writing business. In case of an audit, it is incumbent upon you to prove to the government’s satisfaction that each and every square inch of space you are writing off is actually used for the business itself and not in some way sitting idle.

Consult with your tax professional also prior to expensing any home improvements or remodeling! You may be in for a surprise to learn that some renovations will not in fact be permitted as a write off for the sake of a qualified home office deduction.


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Ernest Johnson is the owner of The Rich Head, L.L.C., a company dedicated to helping ordinary people make extraordinary money while working from home on the internet. To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home, visit:
http://www.TheRichHead.com

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