8.09.2010 Jay Carter appointed as Arizona Board of Governor
Dr. Franklin Santagate appoints Jay Carter as a Board of Governor for the state Arizona. He is a managing partner for Empryean West, a company that unites world capital with US ventures. Jay specifically works with foreign Investors through the EB-5 program, which facilitates investing families with an opportunity to immigrate to America through the EB-5 investment process. Jay becomes the second B of G for Arizona joining David Fyke appointed in May of this year. He is heading two marketplace groups – one through his church and one in the marketplace. Dr. Franklin Santagate state,“I have know Jay for a number of years and I am always refreshed by Jay’s acknowledgement of God’s every moment presence in his life. We are very excited to have Jay join our team as we develop the Marketplace Network.”
Keys to Kingdom Significance
by Dr. Franklin Santagate
All Kingdom significance is gained by an active, recurring pattern of the abiding Word in our lives: Revelation, Inspiration and Application.
1. Revelation: Engaging the truth.
All of life and truth come to us by revelation of the Word. Since the word is alive and powerful, it demands acceptance or rejection. Revelation about blessing is usually accepted with enthusiasm. However, when revelation is about change that will cost us, we sometimes become paralyzed by the price to pay. Engage the Word.
2. Inspiration: Embracing the truth.
Truth will challenge our citadels of thought error. It will inspire us to act. Acting on truth usually requires change. Change is actually the constant in life. Only the Word, after a period of abiding, can create change. Embrace the Word.
3. Application: Employing the truth.
Spiritually unemployed: Those who do not employ the truth of life. They know of Jesus, about Jesus, can speak things pertaining to Jesus, but have not employed His Word to work for them. The Word of God employed in our lives will create Kingdom significance.
Employ the Word.
This pattern is true of every aspect of our lives.
True of our marketplace positions. True of our ministry. True of all relationships. With the continuing, repeating pattern of revelation, inspiration, and application active in our lives, we will mature in the Word and be able to do great exploits of significance for the Kingdom of God.
Balance is the key to life that brings peace.
Marketplace performance is directly impacted by the balance or lack of balance in our lives. Balance is the key to a life of holistic health. Holistic health is being sound (or whole) in spirit, soul and body. Having balance in our life brings us peace. When we are out of balance, we find it difficult to be at peace. A land “flowing with milk and honey” is a metaphor of a land of balance and peace. True of land. True of life. God called it a land “flowing with milk and honey” – a place of peace and blessing. It is easy to see when we are in God’s will we find balance and peace even though we may have to dispossess things to possess what He wants us to have and to be. So our goal is to achieve balance in our life: spirit, soul and body.
One of my favorite scriptures: 2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3John 1:2
“Prosper in all things” means to succeed in business affairs; help on the road; have success in all daily tasks. “Be in health” means to be totally sound and whole. “Even as you soul prospers” means our success is corollary to spirit and soul health. Here we find “balance”, a place of peace and blessing has priorities. To accomplish balance of our trinity nature we must find God’s priorities for our life. Priority is the key to a life of balance. Obtaining and maintaining a life of balance requires putting our trinity in priority. Even though we have three parts and each are important there is a priority that will bring balance…and balance will bring peace.
Resolutions are for the most part – good intentions.
Resolutions are good intentions to re-solve undesirable issues in your life. Good intentions, like resolutions, rarely see the end of the race. Why? Most undesirable issues are symptoms. Symptoms are usually repeated patterns of negative behavior that cost you time, money or relationships; or all three. Real progress is found in changing the root, not the fruit.
Integrity and Character
Today I heard a leading marketing person state that society is growing numb to the indescretion and infidelity of celebrity and athlete spokespeople. Her position was the “feeding frenzy” will last a while until the next one comes along and takes its place. Most disturbing was the fact that the millions the athlete is being paid to endorse consumer products probably will not be affected by the gross misbehavior and betrayal of the deepest kind. As I watched and read about the most recent tabloid tale being fired across the blogs, networks, websites and cable stations like cannon fodder on the 4th of July, I couldn’t help to notice there were key words missing. Among those I noted were “integrity” and “character”. None of the authors and news faces wrote or spoke of either of these two. It might be that they are not important to their readers and listeners. But in fact they are very important.
Integrity is who you are at the core of your being. It’s is the real you in the depth of your soul. Character is the fruit of integrity. It ripens into words and actions. A person’s words and actions define their character and reveal their integrity. If you want to know a persons integrity, listen to their words and watch their actions. You will find their character and thus their integrity among the choices of both. In my lifetime, there has not been any capital of culture unscathed by a gross lack of integrity revealed by damaging behavior. Think about the leadership scandals in religion, education, commerce, government, media, entertainment or the arts.
We have a dearth of true leadership today. Leadership built upon true integrity and character. I call it a new name. It is what we really need. It is LeaderTrust.