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Posts by Gaspar Anastasi

How to Have More Good Days

Every one of us could testify that we have both good days and bad days and, unfortunately, most would say they have more bad ones than good ones. What determines whether our days are good or bad is what I call “core habits”.

Core habits can be good or they can be very destructive. Although we have both in our lives, they often go unidentified. We just go through our day without paying too much attention to our core daily habits, because we are too consumed with regretting yesterday and how we can change our tomorrow. We forget that in order to change the big picture (our destiny), we have to first change the small picture (today).

Remember satan, your enemy, wants you to be consumed with the urgent… not the important.

We all have good days and bad days, but ask yourself this question: What makes good days good and what makes bad days bad? Make a list of both on a piece of paper. Remember that the Bible says in Psalm 37:23, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.” By taking one step at a time, we get closer and closer to the fulfillment of our destiny.

Let me share with you some things that would make a good day for me. Maybe they’ll work for you as well:

  • Getting seven hours of sleep
  • Spending one hour in prayer, meditation and reading God’s word
  • Eating a healthy diet
  • Drinking one gallon of water
  • Exercising for one hour

It’s so important to write down the things that help you to have a good day. They become your daily strategy and will radically change your destiny. Now, if you look at your list and see that you are far from accomplishing it on a regular basis, add just one new core habit to your day instead of three or four.

I would say that if you implemented that one core habit 80% of the time for a month, you could consider yourself successful. You can then add another core habit, repeating the process until you have implemented all the core habits that make for a good day!

This strategy will help you to have good days most of the time, rather than just having a hit and miss experience. By reviewing your daily core habits and replacing the bad ones with just three or four good ones—one at a time—you could change your whole life around. Isn’t it worth the effort?

Again, if you just take the time today to review what makes a good day, you will begin the process of increasing the good days in your life and you also will be reaching your destiny. Remember satan, your enemy, wants you to be consumed with the urgent… not the important. Stop having bad days and start having good ones! It’s all in your power.


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Breaking false boundaries

Boundaries are limits placed on us either by ourselves or outside forces. Strongholds in our minds cause false perceptions of what we can or can’t accomplish. They dictate to us how we can or can’t live. They are deceptions that distort reality and keep us away from the success in Christ for which we were created.

One of the greatest boundaries is fear. FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real! I’m not talking about the natural fear we are born with that protects us from real danger, but—the spirit of fear that paralyzes and blinds us to God’s truth. Unfortunately, I see many people hindered in their walk with God because of it.

 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

Second Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” This verse tells me that the kind of fear that creates worry, anxiety, phobias, torment, etc., comes from a spirit of fear. We don’t have to live that way, yet many accept fear as a way of life. Others deal with it through drugs. Today, prescription pills are the “quick cure” for those who suffer from fear. No wonder so many are addicted!

Here are some principles that will help you break the false boundary of fear.

1. Recognize that fear is a spirit. Luke 10:19 says you have been given dominion over every demon spirit that attacks you: “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Aggressively resist that spirit of fear by believing the word of Doctor Jesus. His prescription is the “gospills” (His words) and they aren’t addictive or mood altering!

2. Get to know God’s love firsthand. Fear creates tremendous insecurity. Someone else telling you that God loves you is not good enough. Only Gods’ love can make your heart trust God’s promises and cancel out Satan’s lies!

First John 4:18 says, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment.” Knowing the depth of God’s love brings security and the strength to resist the False Evidence Appearing Real. Be patient with yourself during this time of learning God’s love for you. Too many of us have fallen into self-hatred and condemnation because we didn’t understand this spiritual war.

3. Be very careful of the kind of books you read, TV shows and movies you watch. The wrong ones will just intensify your fears. This is war, so be disciplined about what you allow to enter your mind and spirit, because your eyes and ears are the gateways to those areas.

4. Understand the transference of spirits. You will become like whomever you hang around! Avoid spending time with fearful people. Why? Like spirits attract each other. It’s likely your friends have the same problems you do, so choose new friends who are walking victoriously with God.

Don’t accept a demon-controlled life, limited by false boundaries. If you do, they will place more and more limits on you. Meanwhile, Jesus already set you free! “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed (John 8:36:).”

Fear can and should be defeated, but if you don’t contest it, it will become a full-blown phobia. Don’t open the door to a demon-controlled life, limited by false boundaries.…

What To Do With Disappointment, Pt. 1

Everyone faces disappointment from time to time. It’s part of life. But not everybody handles disappointment with success. For many of us, disappointments control us, overtaking our feelings, emotions, and decisions….leading us to live a life filled with hopelessness and despair.

There are 5 important truths to keep in mind when facing disappointments in life. Understanding these truths will change your mindset forever. So let’s take a brief look at them:

1. Disappointment is a weapon Satan uses to steal the dream and vision that God placed in your heart. His primary goal is to make us quit believing and expecting those God-inspired dreams and visions to actually come to pass. Remember how Joseph’s prophetic dreams caused his brothers to get so angry that they wanted to kill him? Why? Because Satan was using them to stop Joseph the dreamer from giving birth to those dreams.

Satan really isn’t after you directly. He wants to destroy the dream God gave you. He knows that when you begin to actually walk out your dreams, you will be extremely dangerous to him and his strategies to defeat you.

Joseph eventually was used by God to save His chosen people. If you remember that the disappointment you face isn’t directly against you, but against God’s destiny for you, it will give you greater determination to not give in or be controlled by disappointment. [James 1:1-3]

2. Disappointment gives you an opportunity to stand back and evaluate what you are disappointed about. Is it really from God? Many of us have godly ideas and thoughts of what we want to see happen in our lives, but not all godly dreams and visions are for us personally.

They may be wholesome and seem to have great potential to bring success in your life. But if they are not from God, (not engrafted into your spirit) they will cause you to waste valuable time. You will be constantly caught in the same cycles of disappointment over and over again for the same things. Allow the disappointment to give you the chance to take a second look to see if what you are hoping for is from God.

3. Experiencing failure in life doesn’t mean that the dream, vision or prophetic word is wrong. Many times it’s a sign that the strategy needs to be changed. Example: God spoke to me about taking back America, one city at a time. So I decided that Sarasota, which was about an hour and a half away from our church, would be the place to start.

After about six months I became disappointed because there wasn’t much fruit. The Lord told me my vision for America is correct, but my strategy was wrong. So I immediately stopped the work in Sarasota, followed God’s strategy and very quickly I experienced awesome fruitfulness.

I’ll continue speaking about strategy and the rest of the truths concerning disappointment next week. I believe that by understanding these truths, your life will change. Remember, not all disappointments are focused on God’s dream and vision in your life. Some are because we don’t have any direction from God, and some disappointments come because we are following our own lustful desires.

Proverbs 14:12 says, “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.” You were created for God’s purposes…. not your own. Find out the “reason of your being”. When you do, disappointment will never win in your life again.


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Remaining stable in an unstable world

We live in volatile times. Things that were once icons, pillars and immovable structures are changing overnight. Long-entrenched governments topple in hours. Peace quickly turns into riots and war zones spontaneously erupt. Yet, today’s unstable times were prophesied thousands of years ago.

God speaks of a time (I believe we’re there now) when people will “call evil good and good evil”. At a time like this, people without deep convictions will change their values, standards and way of living like the wind. We inherit our beliefs from our parents which are then molded my popular culture and social norms. They are further affected by our intimacy (or lack thereof) with God.

Anchored in Truth

Giving in to the pressures of today’s worldliness will only lead to instability. Unstable people are not grounded in the truth of the Gospel because it hasn’t become the foundation of their lives. They don’t have the anchor of the word to give them a deeper conviction than the inferior and immoral beliefs they’re being bombarded with daily. They don’t realize that they lack a moral compass. As it says in Matthew 7:13b: “…wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.” In other words, the majority opinion is most often wrong!

However, people with a biblical world view and strong faith in God are usually stable. They aren’t vulnerable to the changing morals of the world. Because their lifestyle is established on God’s word, they’re unfortunately branded as old-fashioned and out of touch with the times.

But Jesus says in Matthew 5:10&11: “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.”

The majority opinion today is anti-God and that mindset has crept into the 21st century Christian church. We have developed a compromised gospel to appease the marginal Christian and make friends with the world.

Preachers won’t speak biblical truth for fear of offending the very people they’re called to liberate with God’s word. The fear of the Lord has been replaced with the fear of man, but God is looking for people like you and me to shout from the rooftops what He has revealed in our hearts.

Will the real church please stand up!

Will the true church (Christ-like people) please stand up and be heard? God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. Spiritual warfare is at its highest since the beginning of time because it’s Satan’s last stand. He is throwing whatever he has left at the church, but God is using this season to identify and hand-pick His remnant church to usher in the second coming of Jesus.

Please don’t give in. to the pressure that this upside-down world is throwing at you. keep standing! Ephesians 5:13 says: “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”

Ask yourself, “Am I stable in my convictions concerning God’s way of life for me? Or am I easily swayed by the immoral standards that are intellectually and logically presented to me, even by our government?” God is looking for stable people in an unstable world to build his kingdom. What will your choice be?…

Sprint to the finish line!

As I was fasting and praying, I heard The Lord say to me, “The finish line is near and you can see it.” I felt this great urgency rise up in me as though I needed to accomplish a task I’d been involved in for a while. Then I heard in my spirit “IT’S TIME TO SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE!”

All of a sudden, I understood what God was trying to tell me (and every true Christian).

“Gaspar, you know what to do. Stop just dreaming about it, talking about it and trying to convince others to join you in doing it. I gave you My heart’s desire to live out and, now that the end is near, its time. It’s time to sprint to the finish line and accomplish what I called you to do.”

I understood that we all have a clear picture of what God placed in our heart to accomplish in our lifetime for His Glory.

Many of us have put dreams on the shelf to do something less important. Others are taking their sweet time in accomplishing what He made them for. Still others have given up on God’s dream for them, thinking it is too late or just plain impossible now. But some of you reading this hear that still, small inner voice reminding you of what God once said He wanted from your life. What God placed in you is still there and you can’t deny it’s pulling and tugging in your heart.

Lose the excuses

At the same time, God gave me the strong impression that we need to get rid of every excuse, distraction and reason why we can’t finish or even start. My heart was opened to the reality that the finish line is in full view. “What is the finish line?” you ask. In my vision, the finish line is the end of the church age, our way of life, as we know it now. But it’s the beginning of life, as God wants it.

The spirit of lawlessness has been on the face of the earth and is ever-increasing daily with unspeakable violence across the globe. As I write this, I am hearing about a new terrorist group taking over Iraq—one of an increasing number, even more violent and anti-American. To the spiritually minded, it’s obvious that the end is near.

Then, in my vision I heard God say He’s going to do a quick work. What would normally take years will happen in months. What would normally take months will happen in a day.

Don’t hold back

God said, “Sprint to the finish line and fulfill the very thing you were created for. It’s not the season to hold back, but bust loose and run at it.”

Our days are numbered, so leave nothing in reserve. Hold nothing back, saving it for another day, foolishly thinking we time. Live your dream, step out in faith, fulfill your call and don’t look back. Go for it with the finish line in view. SPRINT!

The saddest thing that could happen is to know what God wanted to do in and through you and to never accomplish it. Remember, whatever God asks will always be underwritten by heaven’s power. The only way to fail is by doing nothing.

Don’t just talk about doing it or continually make plans to do it. No! JUST DO IT. Make a run for it! The finish line is near and your reward awaits you. Some of you know what I’m talking about because you heard the same thing. So run the race!


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There is Hope for the Holidays

For many, the holiday season isn’t a happy time. Families and friends make great efforts and sacrifice to gather together in celebration. However, the holidays can trigger memories of past hurts, personal failures, losses and broken relationships.

The rest of the time people can successfully stuff these memories, but this time of year, they come rushing back, bringing deep depression, loneliness and hopelessness.

We ponder the marriage that could have been; the joy we could have if our loved one hadn’t died; how much we could bless others if we hadn’t lost our job…. Some of us long to be with family that are lost to us because of wrong choices.

Research says that most suicides occur during the holiday season. The sad part is that many of us are too caught up in the frenzy of activity to notice all the hurting people around us.

They are our co-workers, students and friends. You may not be aware that you could be a great source of emotional and mental stability… and hope.

God created us to need each other. He tells us that in at least 14 “one another” scriptures that emphasize the need and responsibility we have for each other. Here are just a few: Love one another; be kind to one another; pray for one another; be hospitable to one another; forgive one another; honor one another; prefer one another.

As people of God, here are some things to do to not lose hope…. whichever side of the fence we’re on.

1. Take another look. Reach out to someone who fits a category I mentioned and invite them to spend this holiday season with you and your family. It may save a life. At the very least you will help them through the toughest times. Don’t take no for an answer, because they will likely resist you, embarrassed to admit their need.

2. Get rid of preconceived ideas. If you’re the one who is alone, hurting or depressed, take the initiative to reach out. Ask someone you are close to if you can spend time with them this holiday season. They may be too busy with their own lives to notice your need. I guarantee they’ll apologize for not being sensitive enough to have asked you in the first place. Let go of the preconception that people don’t want or care about you, when in fact they really do!

3. Don’t be narrow-minded. God is the source of your life and wants to meet your needs. Allow Him to do it the way He wants, not the way you think He should or with the people you think He should. God will use unlikely people to bless you (or people you never wanted Him to use). You could be missing God’s blessings by being narrow-minded. Take another look before you say no to one person in order to say yes to someone else.

This holiday season, let’s not lose our hope. Let’s connect as the people of God as commanded in John 13:34, 35: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”


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