Prosper Where You Are Planted
by Dani Johnson
I watch people every single day working their jobs like drones with no sense of purpose, no vision and no spirit of excellence. They are just doing their time, buying into the lie of security, kicking back and riding the wave to a great retirement. The brutal truth is that there is no security on this planet. This article will reveal how important it is to prosper where you are planted, making the most of what you have so that you are ready to bring that spirit of excellence into all future opportunities, giving you the best chance to succeed.
Let’s get real here. There are tens of thousands of people laid off every year, which proves that there is no such thing as job security. The rug is pulled out from under those folks with so called “secure” positions due to deaths, bankruptcies, changes in company leadership, unethical business practices, market downturns, injuries, illness and many other circumstances. There is no security in life at all.
One thing that is inevitable is change. Nothing lasts forever. So kicking back and riding the wave of security results in the mediocrity of falling into a comfort zone. In a comfort zone we stop dreaming, taking risks and reaching beyond what we can see.
Marriage and dating is a prime example of sliding into a comfort zone. When you are single and playing the field, you take care of yourself, dress nice, smile a lot, brush your teeth and make sure that you are groomed. You speak politely to the person you are dating and pamper them with special cards and flowers. We do all of this stuff when dating to impress the other person.
Then, we get married. We feel secure for about a year and then things start to change. The woman’s hair is in a messy bun, she hasn’t worn makeup in a month and she’s let herself go. The man stops shaving every day, doesn’t put on deodorant, forgets her birthday and misses the wedding anniversary. We wouldn’t even miss monthly recognition of our first date when we were dating! Why? It’s the façade of security that leads to a comfort zone. A comfort zone only leads to destruction and death… death of dreams, death of excitement, death of anticipation, wonderment and death of the unseen.
You must prosper where you are planted. When you start sewing good seed into your marriage with all of that care and detail the way you would if you were dating, it prospers. We all know how to prosper. We all know how to work in a spirit of excellence.
Ask yourself this question, “If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you pursue?” What is in your heart to do? What does it look like? Who would you be working with? In life, nothing becomes dynamic until it becomes specific so make a list of; who you want to work with, what kind of a purpose do they have, how do they treat their customers, what kind of money you can make and what each of you brings to the table. Be specific and start reaching out by faith for what you want today.
Dani Johnson is a relationship marketing expert, author, speaker, trainer and founder of Call to Freedom Int’l. She went from living out of her car with $2.03 to her name to earning her first million in two short years by the age of 23. Dani regularly consults, mentors, and coaches successful home business owners and entrepreneurs on marketing and lead generation solutions, prospecting, closing, business building strategies, leadership development and personal achievement, insider profit strategies, organizational and team development and more.
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I Totally agree that the comfort zone is the lazy way of living life…i hate the comfort zone….i want to make myself successful!
First, let me say, “I’m am so Blessed, my ears are so Blessed to have heard Dani Johnson’s interview on our local Christain Channel. Her testimony captivated me, and placed a hunger inside me to: “Prosper (total wholeness in every area of my life), and fullfil God’s desired purpose in my Life. Since I’m a new prospect in these Dynamic teachings, I plan to lay hold of these truths,
and get off-my-rusty-dusty, and clear up my thinking,,,,,,
and do something about Prospering, getting out of debt, and doing people right. I found a partner, to help me do that.
Thank You-Jerry Briscoe Johnson
I also totally agree that a comfort zone can be damaging to your life. I got into a comfort zone and stopped marketing my business and it began to fail. I will never let that happen again. Dani, thank you for this awesome message and for encouraging people like me to prosper and truly live the life they can by stepping up and getting out there and going to work. I have your videos, cd’s and I attended your First Steps to Success in May of 2007 in Seattle, Washington. You completely changed the way I see myself and my business. I came home with a hunger to achieve and go beyond what I ever thought I could do. Now I have a very strong Spiritual Life and my husband and I have started our own Ministry and are helping people in our community. I know that if I did not attend your workshop I would not be the person I am today.
Thank you.
Denise Woodward
Am indeed impressed by the facts of life you are bringing to the knowledge of people including myself.I happen to have watched you on TBN cable network with Benny Hinn yesterday and I was deeply moved by your teachings and I resolve to learn more by coming to your website.I truly want a turn around for good in my finances, to prosper, get out of debts and be a blessing unto others.Thanks for the insight to accomplish these goals.
I saw you on Benny Hinn this week and it was so refreshing to hear someone with Biblical common sense concerning prospering in all areas. I realized 2 days ago that the passion God placed inside of me for a particular thing is the very thing God wants to use in my life to prosper me. I ordered your book and 2 free CD’s from Benny Hinn Ministries and can’t wait to hear and read this material and get started God’s way. God bless you and thank you for teaching the Body of Christ and teaching the world God’s way of success.
Feb. 6, 2008 is a date I’ll never forget: 25 years ago I gave my heart to Jesus and 25 years later, I stumbled onto the TBN cable network watching Dani on Benny Hinn’s “This is your day.” Right now I’m starting over after being laid off from my job of 15 years as a journalist. This is what I needed in my time of transition.
I saw your programs with Pastor Benny & was very intrigued by your teaching. I agree that I need to improve my skill sets in order to succeed. I am following your advise & will purchase materials from you to get on the right path. I am greatly interested in having a business that I can work from home, getting out of debt, & having a home of my own mortgage-free. I am looking forward to this fascinating journey to success!
I’m so blessed with your ministry. God knows I just want to get wealth to support the end time harvest. My present tithes and offering is so small and cannot support a crusade or even a concert. I’m impressed with your accomplishment. I worked in church for 11 years and now in the ministry for 8 yrs now. I think I can do better than this work for God’s glory. Thanks and God bless.
I am new to this type of learning. I like it. I saw Dani on with Benny Hinn last week. I could not get enough of Dani’s teachings. Because I need answers to some of the things going on in my life. So I went to the website to get more of Dani’s teaching by listening to her seminars. I would like to know how to get the full seminars of dvd or cd. I was listening to the one on gems and that is were
I am now. I am taking this class call Identifying your Spiritual Gifts. So I need to learn more about the gems. This will help me to accomplish the will of the Lord for my life. You have been a blessing to my life this two weeks. Thank you and please keep up the work of the LORD!
I saw you on Benny Hinn program last week you stricked a fire in me, encouraged me so much, what a testimony. At this point of my life I have made some major decision that is going to turn my marriage, family and my finance in the future. I know I am destine to achive high for God and many other. I am looking forward to learn the skills through your ministry. God bless you.
My hearts’ desire is to live a life which brings honor and glory to God. Jesus said in the Matthew 5:16 ” that we are to let our light so shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify the Father which is in heaven.” I am thoroughly convinced that God is not glorified out of lives, when we are in debt and living from paycheck to paycheck. I believe God wants the Church to support itself without relying on the world to support it. I am so grateful to have heard Dani teach on prosperity. I am looking forward to applying the knowledge gained from your training. Thank You!
It is so easy to forget that the comfort zone is really a trap. I’m looking forward to learning more and applying what I’ve learned to my job and ministry.
I have a very bad view on Christians and money. I can’t get my mind around the fact that we can be wealthy too. I feel that I am sinning by wanting more in my life. I desire to do more with my life, but I am afraid that I will be offending God and then get into a mindset of “Oh well this is my lot in life and I need to be happy here.” When I turned on the TV and heard Dani talk about how we need to be competitive and as good as business people in the world and that it is allowed I had to log onto this website and find out more.
I saw you briefly on Benny Hinn’s show and on another show on TBN.I was intrigued by what you said.I am a grandmother,a widow,a leader of a Christian women’s group–Wailing Women Worldwide and I would like to more about your teachings so that I can help the women I work with.I live on one of the islands of the sea in the Caribbean.I am looking forward to learning from you how I can impact the women God is bringing across my path for His glory and His honor.
Thank you and God bless you.
Irma.
Dani Johnson is so right about the comfort zone. I’m so tired of living in comfort zone, it’s time I explore. Spritually, Financially, and Emotionally. Dani is a big inspiration to me, she is a very spiritual person. I also believe in god, and I know that we’re here for a purpose. My goal is to put god first in my life. And let him lead me to where I need to be, and where I need to go. And that’s straight to the top of success. Thank You Dani
Hi Dani,
I want to commend you for two comments you made here that I believe are really inspired, one is that”The brutal truth is that there is no security on this planet” and the second is “A comfort zone only leads to death and destruction”. Not that I’ve not heard truths like that before but this got me laughing and crying all at the same time.I’ve been really blessed by your article.
Nwanne
I listened to Dani with Benny Hinn in the TBN and was really touched by Dani’s life experience and teachings. I have believed in comfort zones almost all my life and this has affected my career and spiritual life adversely. I am now determined to change – whatever it takes! I can’t wait to get the wonderful book ‘Spirit Driven Success’ as soon as it arrives in our Kenyan Christian Bookshops, I know it is awesome.
I firmly believe that God has brought me to this website and has placed the book
‘Spirit Driven Success’ into my hands. .I have started reading the book and I have found it so enlightening that I find it difficult to put it down.The teaching on prosperity,backed by the Word of God,is an eye-opener and an encouragement to every one who is seeking to know the truth about God’s plan for success for His people.It is awesome.Thank you Dani in Jesus’ name.
All I can say is that I am under deep conviction and I definitely heard from God regarding my life. It is time to make a decision. I will keep listening until I get this stuck in my heart. Thank God for you Dani!
I am new to Dani Johnson, and I am amazed by her book. My husband and
I have never heard of Dani Johnson and we are Christians. We really need
a change in our lives. We are both so tired, we are both working 2-3 jobs each
and what we have read in her book Spirit Driven Success is so wonderful, words
cannot describe and the hope that I feel. I believe that God so wants to bring
our marriage, our finances and our lives to a higher place. We have been in
such a deep funk in our marriage, our finances and it is only by God’s grace that
my husband and I are still married and that we still have food to eat. God has
been faithful, but after reading her book His desire for us is to live at a place
that He wants for us and it is not in just barely getting by. shannon
I thank God for Dani Johnson. When I grow up I will be just like you. I will be 57 years young in few months and God has shown me that it is never too late! Keep it going girl…..you are touching millions of lives. You are awaken the giants in us.
Thankyou Dani, I been on this rooler coster ride and I haven relized that I am hurting my self. I been taking care of my parents, but I just got in the comfort zone and not realizing the rute of debt is greed. It’s time to change my life around and put God first and follow his way.God Bless You.
Love,
Josie