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I'm going to be sharing a lot of Great information on these blogs, including things about the Lord you may have never heard of concerning His Word and Vision for Christian Movie Makers... including How to Finance, Write, Shoot, Edit and Self-Distribute Simple & Effective Christian movies all by following The Lord's Perfect Kingdom Order.
But before I talk about the Order of how God's Financing principles work, I must talk about How His perfect 'Order' and 'Power' works concerning the making of Christian movies. Because they both go hand in hand when creating and producing any project for The Lord.
First, we must understand that God is a God of order. The way He spoke everything we see today into existence was all done through the process of a Perfect and Divine Order and Power. And God used them both in Genesis, Creating The Universe, The World and everything in it, all done in Perfect and complete order and all through the process of Planning and The Power of His Word.
The reason we need to understand how God works and how He operates, is because as sons and daughters of the most High God The Lord expects us to be like Him (since we are created in His own Image and Likeness), why would we even try to do things in any other way? or worst... do things without Him. Yet, Christians all over the world, are running with ideas (perhaps some our God-given-ideas while others may not be). As Christian filmmakers we need to be very careful in selecting our movie ideas for God. And once we start working on God's ideas or projects, we need to make sure we finished the job, because God himself finishes everything he starts.
Hebrews 12:2
'Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...'
God's perfect order is a physical Law found in both The Heavens and The Earth, God's order works just as the physical law of Gravity also works. If on the earth, everything that goes up must come down... then God's physical order when followed on the earth... it will always produce successful results. Because God's ways are True and all based on Truth.
We can clearly see God's order in how The Lord instructed the disciples of Jesus Christ the order to promote and spread the Gospel Message around the World.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 1:8
Notice how The Lord had a perfect order as to how The Gospel of Jesus Christ was to be proclaimed... first in Jerusalem, then Judea (Israel), then Samaria (another city)... and then... to the rest of the world.
This is important to know as a Christian filmmakers, because this is the same basic concept we should use to make God's films known around the world. We should first start with a local Premiere of our films in our City, then in our State or Country, and the... prepare ourselves to use all those marketing presentation experiences to take sour Christian movies to the rest of world. It takes order in the preplaning as well as in the process of presenting our films to the world. Even with the Internet today, we should still follow such basic order... and of course, always using Internet marketing at every level of presentations. But we should always start small, taking baby steps as to get our feet wet, then... as your film audience grows, you also grow your market strategies.
Another interesting part of the same above scripture above that most people don't pay much attention to, but it's just as important... is where God says;
"You Will Receive Power". So my question to you is... do you have The Power it takes to make movies for God? Hollywood uses their own power to make movies... 'Fame and Fortune'. Money is Hollywood's driving force. But that's NOT the case with us Christian movie makers, God is our one and only Source and Power... and Our True Provider!
Do you know How to get God's power in you?
Do you know where to find such power? And do you fully understand why do you need God's Holy Power? My other question to you is... was God's Gospel Message Successfully Distributed around the world? Yes it was. And the reason for it, was because those who carried the Message of the Gospel (The Disciples of Jesus Christ) where all given The POWER of The Holy Spirit so they could start and finish the work God had called them to do... and do it Successfully against all the odds! Well, I'm here to tell you that to make Christian movies you too need to have that same power working in you to make movies for God. You know why, because Christian movies all basic carriers of the same powerful Gospel Message in them.
God Is Our Provider
Have you ever tried to make a movie or do any big project for God where things didn't work out or didn't go smooth, or the movie's budget never showed up? Do you think if you had The POWER of The Holy Spirit within you (and you do if you are a Christian) and you work in Perfect Order with God's Kingdom which is what The Holy Spirit does, he makes sure every Good Work is done in Accordance to God's Word and God's Perfect Kingdom Order. And the reason this is so important, is because demons also know of this perfect order. In fact, that's why they were cast down from The kingdom of God into to the earth because they too tried to create chaos in God's Kingdom order.
Devils and Demons also know God's perfect order and system and they too know they must obey and abide by God's Eternal Laws. But here is the issue, demons are also watching over mankind to make sure people are NOT following God's perfect laws and order, because if they are not, Demons know sins separates makind from their Creator leaving them powerless and doors are left open, and that allows the enemy to come in and disrupt (legally) those who break God's Kingdom Laws and Order. This is why we must know how the enemy works and how they operate and why they do what they do?, so that we may stay obedient to God's Kingdom Order as we work on God's Kingdom projects, having total Authority, Dominion and Power over the works of darkness.
And through this Blog, I will help you on how to make quick, simple and effective Christian movies, @ low-cost but with 4K Quality! But more importantly, how to make them... through The Order of God's most powerful and amazing system thought of and Created before the Foundation of the World and even The Whole Universe. God does have a Perfect Operating Kingdom System and Plan and Christian movie makers need to know this.
When we follow God's Kingdom system (not Hollywood's), things change and become new, and positive things begin to happen because everything works in total and complete Harmony with The Kingdom of God. It's simple, and not complicated, we just need to be obedient and do things through His Perfect Order.
YOU WILL ALSO LEARN THAT 'ONLY GOD' IS OUR PROVIDER!
I will also show you How to Make Money as a Christian Movie Maker (Yes!), there is nothing wrong with making money as long as you do things in a legal and legit manner, Not following principals from a fallen systems like the Hollywood system... but doing things God's way! Listen, I promised you I will not sugarcoat things. But there is a very fine line, (really, it's not fine at all) there is just one Big Thick line.... You are either walking with God or you are not. And to walk with God means to be obedient to His Word and Process. That's it. And keep in mind that God is the one who calls the shots, not us. God is the True, Writer, Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Marketing Expert, Distributor and Only GOD is Your Provider (meaning HE IS YOUR TRUE INVESTOR), and Interesting enough, God wants you to SEEK HIM and TREAT HIM as such. Yet, Christian filmmakers are going all over the place and everywhere else looking for help or answers, when God has all the Answers!
And for years, Christian filmmakers (including myself) wondered why the world system seemed not to be working for us (the Children of God), right? Then, I learned from God's Word... that God's vision for each and every Christian filmmaker is to be Successful and to Prosper; having an abundance of wealth so that Christian Filmmakers (not investors or bankers or hollywood) may own and control God's Movies, Properties and All His Entertainment Content. Don't believe me?, read The Blessings found on: Deuteronomy 28.
BTW, God never intended for us to be broke, or worst... He never expect us to borrow money to make God's films. In fact, did you know that God is totally against borrowing money or using other people's money... unless, they give you the money Free and Clear and Without Strings Attached? Yet, Hollywood is all about using other people's and company's money, that's their operating system... and Christian filmmakers for years have been led to believe that they too can borrow money or find investors to lend them the money for... God's films. Really? But did we ever check with God to see if borrowing money from people was right or wrong? Of course not. I didn't care either, money was a good thing, right! So I made a couple of our first two (2) Christian movies with borrowed money, and guess what? I'm still paying for some of that movie debt and I know some of you are too.
But last year, Thank God! I began to do many financial changes according to God's Kingdom and Order, and by the end of January 2020, I finish paying all my bank loans and credit card debts from the two films I produced years ago. Amen! And if you are wondering how I did it, I just did what God says we should do. Stop borrowing, and see God as Your Provider! and and start paying off all your current debts. That's it. I don't own any new cars anymore, I drive Paid-Off used Van and I owe no car loans. Did you know that if you are part of a Millionaire's Club (like I'm part of... because I shoot their videos :) They all say the same thing, "If you want to be a millionaire work on Making Money and Do Not Borrow Money!" Basically when we borrow money (without an effective secure and guaranteed way to make money) we actually become more poor. Which is exactly what the Bible says! The Secret is NOT TO BORROW MONEY, EVER!!! That means, NO INVESTORS!!! Filmmakers need to learn to FINANCE their own films with God's help. I personally have finance two of our Five (5) Christian movies. Yes, God will help you!... but you need to do things right, according to His Word and then... You need to have patience. That's why we need to be wise and make simple, easier to do and not too expensive Christian movies. At this time, anything over 5K to 10K is crazy... unless you have a million dollars in the bank... or you love throwing money away. At this point, I wouldn't make a Christian movie for more than 5K. Why, first, because I will be financing it and second, because that's all I can afford for now. But again, soon, as our other businesses prosper, then we may get to make films for $10k. But the beauty of this, is that We will own 100% of God's movie. And since we make lower-cost movies, it is almost a guaranteed to make our money back.
Again, we are not about (or believe) Making Money with Christian movies, instead, we Believe Christian Movies are a Ministry, not a Money Making Scheme! We see Christian movies as our Giving to the Lord! That's why there are so many Christian filmmakers so confused... they think we should make Christian films just like Hollywood makes them. That's a huge error and a big mistake. But that's just me.
The Truth is that... Borrowing money, my brothers and sisters is the foundation of working outside of God's Word and Protection, and it equals walking in Disobedience because Our God truly Declares that He is Our One and Only Provider! And no one else.
Our Lord's Kingdom System is very simple, God basically wants us to seek Him, read His Written Word, Study it, Learn from It so that we may become Doers of His Word. But what do Christians do?
They read the Word at home, or hear the Word at church, then they go out and do things their way. Hey, we've all done it!, but from now on, we need to understand That God's Word is The final Word and He expects us to follow it! No more games, no more lies, no more indifference about His Word... unless you like to be broke and remain broke! or worst... have a ton of issues (you can't resolve). Not me. I have learned my lesson, I have repented before the Lord, may times. But I too have decided to follow Him totally and completely based on His Word.
Here are some quick scriptures (and trust me, there are plenty more that I will be showing you) all Written in God's Word over 6000 years ago that proves God's point of view in the matter or Lending and Borrowing:
God tells us these Truths:
1. Owe no man anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law (Romans 13:8, NKJ).
2. "For the LORD your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. (Deuteronomy 15:6)
3.
"The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave. (Proverbs 22:7)
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God Loves You! and Make Movies 4Him!
God Loves You! and Make Movies 4Him!
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