The Key to Getting What You Want in Life

This ministry content is brought to you by the partners of Terri Savelle Foy Ministries. Hey, it's Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of dreams. I want to talk to you today about how I learned the key to getting what you want in life. And it comes straight from God's word. And I have a special free download for you this week. It's an entire ebook of how I learned this. But first listen to this wild, true story that will open your eyes to God's will for your life. It's bigger than you think. First part of this year, I was out walking my big dog Beauregard and I just heard the Lord just start speaking to me. And he said to me, ask me for something big. And then after I got home, I kept playing that over and over my head and I got my journal out. And this is what I heard the Lord say. He said, ask big and believe it's done. Then he said, that's your word for 2021. Ask big and believe it's done. That's your word for 2021. And then I heard him say this, and I want you to hang on to this. He said, if it's in your heart, it's there for a reason. If it's in your heart, it's there for a reason. Let me just ask you, do you believe that this is, this is a Bible. Do you believe this is the number one success book ever written? Do you believe everything we need to live our dreams can be found in this success book? Absolutely. Well, guess what the author said? Let's read it. Let's read what the author said in Matthew 7, 7. It says, ask and it will be given to you. Let me slow down, ask and it will be given to you. Then he said, seek and you will find, knock and it'll be open for everyone who asks, receives for those who seek, find those who knock the door will be open. But listen to this part. How much more will your father in heaven give good things to those who what? Ask him. So could we seriously be missing out on some things because we're not asking God? You know, Steve Harvey said that his mom ingrained these seven words in his mind as a young kid. You have not because you ask not. You have not because you ask not. And he said, you know, he, this is what he said. That verse is not just in rich people's Bible. He said, it's in your Bible. You have not because you ask not. And he said, most of you are not living the life of your dreams because you're not asking for the life of your dreams. And this is a phrase I love that Steve Harvey said, and it cracks me up, but this is what he said. If you will up your ask, God will up his give. If you will up your ask, I put the K on the end of that. If you will up your ask, just make sure y'all quote me correctly. Okay. God will up his give. Now I love that phrase, even though you got to be careful, but I want you to listen to this. Is it really that simple? Listen to this scripture right here. This is John 16, 24. It says until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Then it says, ask and you shall receive that your joy may be full. So listen to this. I thought I'd do a little research. I found that there are 100 scriptures in the Bible where God asks us to ask for things. 100 scriptures. Now think about it. When God says something once, he means it. When God says something a hundred times, you better believe he's trying to get your attention, right? So I just want to break apart this statement that the Lord shared with me, and I'm going to share some spiritual and practical keys together. Okay. The first word the Lord told me, you know, ask big, believe it's done, was the word ask, right? So I did a little research on the topic of asking just to see how it applies to everyday life. Because businesses have caught on to this and they understand that the art of asking is something you absolutely have to do if you want to be successful, right? So think about this. Years ago, McDonald's trained their staff to ask one more question when somebody ordered a hamburger and a drink. You know what that question was? Would you like fries with that order? Well, apparently a lot of people said, sure, why not? Do you know that that single question raised their bottom line more than $20 million the first year just by saying, would you like some fries? Well, you have not because you asked not right. Think about this in fundraising. Get this. The number one reason that people do not support or the reason people do not receive donations for their fund is because they don't ask. That's the number one reason. Those of you who are in ministry or you have a nonprofit, the number one reason you're not receiving donations for your outreaches is because you don't ask. And this is based on research. In fact, I've been to some of the most dazzling fundraisers that were so elegant. They literally had my jaw dropping. They were so stunning, but at the end of the night, the ask was vague. It was unclear. There was no ask for donations and they didn't receive any, and it left the nonprofit in a financial hole. Ask and you shall receive, right? In fact, I don't know if y'all have noticed at some of the grocery stores. Have y'all noticed where they'll ask you, would you like to round up to the nearest dollar and give the difference to a charity? Have y'all noticed that at certain places? Well, they started doing experiment with that. In fact, they did it with a zoo. They just said, let's just try it. Let's just see how people respond. So they asked people, would you like to round up to the nearest dollar? 45% of the people they asked said, sure. They raised 21% more money just by asking, would you like to round up? Isn't that amazing? You know, I was thinking about our YouTube channel. I had the YouTube channel going for years and we had zero subscribers. You know why? I never asked for any. All of a sudden it dawned on me, I'm supposed to ask. So I just started closing out or opening the broadcast by saying, Hey, would you take a moment and just push that little arrow right there? It just lets me, it lets YouTube know that you want Christian motivation. You know what happened? People started pushing the arrow all because I started asking. Then we reached a hundred thousand subscribers. Now we're over 200,000 subscribers. I'm telling you, God means what he says when he says you have not because you ask not right. So asking is a clear key to success in business, in ministry and in life. Now, listen to this story. I thought this was pretty interesting. This was from a girl named Wendy Stelling who she hated her job and she wanted to start her own agency. She worked for an advertising agency, but she didn't have the money to get it going. And she knew she'd need about a hundred thousand dollars. So she began asking people, she said, what is the quickest way to raise a hundred thousand dollars? People said, sell a book. So she said, I decided to write a book that could sell a hundred thousand copies in 90 days for $1 each. If I could do that, I could raise the money I need to start my own agency. But she didn't know what kind of book. So she just started asking people, what kind of book would a hundred thousand people want to buy? Well, what are the best selling books in America? She looked it up and it was weight loss books. So she said, okay, but how would I distinguish myself as an expert? Ask other women. So she started asking people. So she went out to the marketplace and she said, if you could lose weight in only one part of your body, which part would you choose? And overwhelmingly women said my thighs. Then she said, when would you want to lose it? And most of them said around April or May in time for swimsuit season. So she said, I did what they told me to do. I wrote a book called thin thighs in 30 days. She released it in April. And by June, she had her a hundred thousand dollars. You know what she said? I asked my way to success. All she did was ask people for feedback and respond to the feedback. Isn't that amazing? Well, one of the things I will actually Gandhi said this it's pretty profound. He said, if you don't ask, you don't get, it's deep, isn't it? If you don't ask, you don't get, but listen to this. Some of you might be in sales. Listen to this about statistics from sales. 44% of salespeople quit after the first call 44%. 24% quit after the second call 14% quit after the third call and 12% quit after the fourth call. So add these numbers up. That is 94% of all sales people quit after the fourth call, but are you ready for this? 60% of all sales are made after the fourth call, ask, ask, and keep on asking. Right? So there's a reason God said it a hundred times in the Bible. So God is the one who said throughout his word, ask, he said, ask, and I'll give you the nations. Do you know that I have a vivid memory of me in Paris, France on a little bench sitting right up by the Eiffel tower. And I was reminded of that verse. And I just said, Lord, I'm asking you for France. I'm asking you for an opportunity to make an impact in this nation. And you know, right after that, God started opening doors for me in that nation. You know, God's the one who said, if you lack wisdom, ask me for it. I'll give it to you generously. So you can see throughout the word, he says, ask. In fact, he said, come boldly to the throne and ask for what you need. Didn't he? You know, I love this story that I heard from Tony Robbins and he was talking about how years ago when he first started learning about success, he said, Jim Rohn was his mentor. And he said he had such a poor mentality and Jim Rohn began to teach him. You know, he said, Tony, you have such a poverty outlook on life. And he said, we've got to change your whole mindset about success and about where you're headed. So he said, here's what I want you to do. I want you to go get $300 out of your bank. And he said, even if that's all you have, I want you to take it out of your bank. Don't spend it, but I want you to put it in your money clip or in your wallet on the outside of your money. So that this is what you see every time you open up your wallet, because he said, I want to start conditioning you to see prosperity, to see wealth. And this is what he taught him. He said, God's word says, ask and you shall receive. He said, life will pay you any price you ask of it, but you got to start asking. Well, obviously Tony Robbins changed his whole mindset. He became one of the number one, you know, success coaches in the world. And so years later, Tony Robbins was speaking at a conference in Boston. And he said, when he came out of the conference, this homeless man walked up to him and asked him for some money. So Tony thought, oh my goodness, I'm going to practice this on this homeless man. So Tony said, he took a coin out of his pocket and then he took those $300 out of his wallet and he held it up to this homeless man. And this is what he told him. He said, listen, life will pay you any price you ask of it. He said, God's word says, come boldly to the throne and ask for what you need. And then he said, ask and you shall receive. And he said that homeless man looked at him, looked at the money, looked at the coin, looked at him, looked at the money, looked at the coin. And then he said, you're weird. But that's not all he did. The homeless man grabbed the coin and ran off. Now I want you to think about this. That homeless man asked for what he thought he was worth. He didn't think he was worth $300. This is what he thought he was worth. But when you think about that with your own life, are you asking God to put gas in your car or pay off the car? What are you asking God for? Because God's the one who said, come boldly and ask for what you need. Isn't this amazing? Put the words ask big in the comments. Could you really be missing out on what you really want because you're not asking God for what you want? Or maybe you're not being clear on what you really want. Clarity is one of the single most important keys to success. So I want to help you remove the barriers, keeping you from God's best by giving you as my gift to you, my ebook, ask big, just click the link in the description and get your free copy today. Now, this is something I had to learn for myself. Stop asking God for things I thought were possible. Instead, start asking God for things that make him look like God ask big. So get your free copy. It's my gift to you to say, thank you for supporting me, subscribing to my channel and being such a special friend to this ministry. And I'm cheering you on to live your dreams. Join us for the icing women's event, live experience in a city near you. 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