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Mar 26 2021
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God never changes!

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Her children rise up, and call her blessed. Proverbs 31:28 KJV

I am blessed to have a wonderful Mom. Next week my Mom turns 96! 96 – WOW! For her first few years of school she attended a one room school house. She rode in a horse drawn buggy pulled by “Old Dolly” when she went to school. They didn’t have electricity to their farmhouse and her Mom cooked their meals on a wood stove. Their refrigerator was literally an ice box.

She has seen lots of changes in her life.

But one thing that never changes, is the goodness of God, and the calling that He has placed on your life!

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable [for He does not withdraw what He has given, nor does He change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call]. Romans 11:29 Amplified Bible

In honor of my Mom’s birthday, I wanted to again give you for your March Gift 2021, the private links to The New Happy Birthday Song videos that I wrote. Private links to the 2 video versions of the song can be found on your Superstar Member’s page.

Feb 26 2021
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This Is My Call

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Free Gift for you for February 2021 from YWAM Hollywood!

We Are YWAM

YWAM International Ministry has been around now for over 60 years. I was honored to be asked to produce the opening for our International YWAM 50th Anniversary Celebration in Denver Colorado in 2010. I wrote a song that we performed live at the celebration.

As stated in the song, Ywam’s international motto is to “Know God and Make Him Known.” Our courses here at YWAM Hollywood help you to do just that.

Our Ministry Courses help you to Know God and discover who He created you to be so that you can do your destiny.

Our Creative Courses help give you the skills and abilities to Make God Known through the arts, media, and entertainment.

Our Leadership Courses help you to successfully do your destiny and equip you to lead and communicate with confidence so that others can Know God and Make Him Known. You can sign up for a class today!

For February 2021, our free gift is your access to the video filmed of the song, “We Are YWAM.” You can see the remastered Music Video, also known as “This Is My Call” here http://www.destinycenter.com/Watch/TV_Video?product_id=164

Your FREE Music Video will be available TODAY through next Friday. Enjoy this months free gift!

Jan 22 2021
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God Will Never Leave

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Our free gift to you for January is a free MP3 of my song, “God Will Never Leave.” We hope it will remind you that God is always with you. Your FREE mp3 will be available, on your Superstar Member’s Page from January 22 through next January 29, 2021.

Remember, no matter what is going on in your life, the worldwide body of Christ is connected. We are! We are all in this together!

We are so blessed to encourage Superstars from over 50 countries each month! (If your country is not on the list, let me know!)

Andorra Argentina Australia Barbados Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Columbia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Egypt Finland Georgia Germany Haiti Hong Kong India Italy Japan Kenya Latvia Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Togo Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom Zambia and the USA, including Puerto Rico. Wow! Know that we are truly connected together worldwide.

Dec 18 2020
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Christmas Music

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This MONTH’s FREE GIFT to you is our Christmas Music Video of the Song “We Saw A Star.” Original Music is by Diane Wigstone and the song was featured in the movie Crossroads Cafe. You can see it on your Superstar Member’s Page.

We hope that you enjoy this music video!  Merry Christmas!

Nov 13 2020
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Corrie ten Boom

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Your life is critical to God’s plan. The battle of good vs evil is real. You were created by God to change the world. We have continued to pray about how we can help you to live the epic life that God created you to live. One way we want to help is to make available to you stories of inspiration of those who have gone before us. People who have been successful in fighting the battle of good vs evil. Corrie ten Boom is one of those Superstar saints. We wanted to make this available again this month!


This MONTH’s FREE GIFT to you is a free ebook from our “Superstar Saints Series.” It is a free ebook of the inspiring story of one of our featured guest teachers, Corrie ten Boom. Corrie’s life is an inspiration to many. Together with her family, Corrie stood up against the Nazi regime in Holland during World War II. She was the only one from her family who survived being imprisoned in a concentration camp. Her powerful teachings on the love of God, prayer, and forgiveness are included as part of our “10 Basic Daily Disciplines of Your Christian Walk” course.

Your free ebook will be available for you for FREE until November 23, 2020. We pray this short ebook, about Corrie’s life, will be an encouragement to you during these uncertain times.

Know that we love you, we believe in you, and we are praying for you!

Jan 29 2020
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Kobe Bryant – One in a million…

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One million people died this past week. One of them was Kobe Bryant.

 

When a celebrity dies we notice. We didn’t notice that the other one million died… Unless one of them was a relative or friend.

A celebrity has died too young and we notice. And we do need to notice. Because, when the world stops and notices that someone died a tragic death, it gives us each an opportunity to pause to reflect on our choices, and to remind ourselves what is really important in life, and in death.

And what is really important in life, and in death? Time with those you love.

Time with God.

Time with family and friends that you love.

It is all about love.

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Jul 07 2019
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Why all the squawking and shrieking?

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Blue Jay Photo from Pixabay

Today, while Mom and I were sitting on the porch the blue jays in the trees in our backyard started squawking – or more like shrieking – like a sound I’d never heard before.
Skeee-walk… skeee-walk…

shreeeeak… shreeeeak…

jayer… jayer…

And it went on & on & on…
And the longer it lasted, it seemed like more birds were joining in!

I was starting to get irritated. I thought to myself, “Why won’t they be quiet?” I was getting so annoyed I was thinking I should go shoo them away somehow. But they were up in the tree too high. Surely there had to be a way to get them to be quiet…

 

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Jan 01 2019
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Happy 2019!

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dream big

It is a new year.

SO, let me begin by asking you, “What is your dream?”

Your big dream.

What is it that you want to accomplish in your life? What is it that you care about? What is your passion? What do you want to do? Who do you want to be? What is your big dream? How can it ever be accomplished?

Pulitzer-winning writer Katherine Anne Porter observed: “I am appalled at the aimlessness of most people’s lives. Fifty percent don’t pay any attention to where they are going; forty percent are undecided and will go in any direction. Only ten percent know what they want and some of them don’t even move toward it.”

Will you decide that this year you will be focused and not aimless?

The new year means a new start. What will you do differently this year to move toward making your dream a reality?

That is what my book “Dream Big – Start Small – Start Now” is all about.

I have developed some simple tools that can help you get more clarity and stay focused in your life. Throughout the book, I use a simple tool I developed that I call the “Focus Funnel” to help you get clarity on your Big Dream, and stay focused as you Start Small, and Start Now with the tasks that need to be completed to make your dream a reality.

Here is a story about a conversation I have had several times through the years…

The seminar was starting in about thirty minutes. I was setting up my computer, and getting ready for the lecture portion of the class. One of the women registered as a student for the training came up to me.

“I want to write a book,” she said. “It has always been my dream.”

“Then you need to write your book,” I said. “You can do it.”

“But, I never have the time,” she said. “I have a job and a family. I never have time to get away and write my novel.”

“You don’t need to get away to write it,” I said. “You need to start on it now, where you are.”

“But, I would never have time,” she said.

“If you write one page a day, you’ll have 365 pages by this time next year,” I said. “That is plenty of pages for a book.”

“Wow,” she replied. “I never thought of it like that.”

“So, my assignment to you is this,” I said. “Write one page today. Start now. Today. You have a few minutes before we start the class. Go get some paper, and begin writing it now. Then, write some more during lunch, and during our dinner break. By the end of today, you should have one page.”

“It can’t be that simple,” she said.

“I have written over 50 books,” I replied. “It is just that simple. Start small, and start now.”

She did. By the end of the day she had a title, an outline, and three pages written for her book.

Dream Big: Write a book

Start Small: Write one page

Start Now: Immediately. Today. Now!

DreamBig-_frontcoverMake this year the year your dreams come true! 

If you can dream it, you can do it. 

Learn how by ordering Diane Wigstone’s new book “Dream Big – Start Small – Start Now” today!

You can order the book on the DestinyCenter.com website: http://www.destinycenter.com/read?limit=100&product_id=461

Dec 20 2018
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CHRISTmas 2018

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Christmas Nativity Orignal Painting by Diane

Christmas Nativity Orignal Painting by Diane

Merry CHRISTmas from all of us here at YWAM Hollywood!

We pray that as you celebrate the Birth of Jesus, you will be filled with the wonder of His gift to us!

For God so loved the world that he gave his one & only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.- John 3:16

Nov 22 2018
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Giving Thanks

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The First Thanksgiving by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930) Public Domain

The First Thanksgiving by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930)
Public Domain

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. 

35 Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.” 1 Chronicles 16:34 &35 NIV

Thanks. Giving…. Giving Thanks…

I have been thinking a lot again these last few weeks about what Thanksgiving means and was struck by the two words found in the one… Thanks. Giving. I have been pondering thanks, (gratitude) and giving, and how they impacts our lives.

Thanks. Without gratitude, our attitude becomes toxic – literally. I discuss how what we think has direct repercussions on our health in my book, Master Your Mind. We must stay thankful to stay healthy! I believe our attitude will affect how successful we are in all areas of our lives. I want to be thankful at all times.

Giving. I think there is a similar principle for our finances. Without giving, our finances become ‘all about us’… and that can be toxic to your finances! I believe we must give with a cheerful heart for our finances to stay healthy! I want to be generous at all times.

Many years ago, I heard about Robert Gilmore LeTourneau. RG LeTourneau was a prolific inventor and held nearly 300 patents. He was a very successful businessman, whose earthmoving equipment, and Engineering vehicles, represented nearly 70 percent of the machines used during World War II. The University he founded, LeTourneau University, is still among the top of its kind, and “unapologetically Christian”.

But what struck me about his story, was not how much money he made, but how much money he gave! RG, during his day, was called “God’s Businessman”, and was known for his extravagant giving. LeTourneau gave 90% of all he made and lived on 10%. He called it the “reverse tithe.”

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