World Peace Ambassador, Dr. Clyde Rivers seeks to bring honor globally. He believes every life is valuable and has been created to bring a contribution to the world. He is rebuilding the lost art of honor through The Golden Rule International and his organization, iChange Nations. Ambassador Rivers believes that it is very important to honor the good in mankind. The Golden Rule, "Treat others the way you want to be treated" is our guiding principle. “Looking for good in others will establish a new culture where men and women will be in the business of searching for and finding the good in their fellow countryman. This effort will empower and encourage the world in doing good and bringing peace. It is our desire to create "The Culture of Honor" in every country and on every continent.” Ambassador Clyde Rivers is our guest today, so join us for this inspiring conversation!

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Christy Austin is a Licensed Professional Counselor who’s passionate about bringing Unity to the Church of America. Her unique prophetic gifting and sensitivity to the Spirit bring healing to many through teaching, prayer, and worship. Christy resides in Aiken SC with her husband, a worship leader, and three sons, all anointed musicians. Christy is passionate about facilitating revival in America by simply unmasking a genuine intimacy and her own love encounter with Christ. She continuously inspires and encourages all around her to do the same. Currently, Christy travels and speaks, leads and launches community prayer groups, and operates as an “undercover revivalist” at a local psychiatric office.

In this episode Christy also discusses:

• What is a revivalist?
• The elements of revival that are strategic
• Why revival is going to come through the next generation
• Why you can show God to someone in a way no one else can.
• Why Christy asks the Lord for “Keys”
• How Christy got into counseling in the first place
• Why people hate the man made parts of the church
• The Aretha Franklin formula
• How she learned to love the “Judas’” in her life
• Why letting go has been pivotal in her growth
• What Divine Strategies are stirring her up right now

Paul Young is the bestselling author of The Shack, a self-published book that has sold over 20 million copies. He has written several other books including Cross Roads, and his newest release Eve. Paul lives in Oregon City, Oregon with His wife, and has 6 children and 9 grandchildren. 

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Paul’s early life: missionary kid/preacher’s kid, from Canada to New Guinea
• From tribal life to boarding school at age 6
• From Bible school and seminary to meeting his future wife, Kim
• The Shack: written in 2005 as a gift for his children, at the request of his wife
• Financial crises, losing everything, and healing
• Deconstruction and reconstruction
• The heart-wrenching reality and humanity of The Shack
• The healing process
• Each person: intricately made and uniquely broken
• The Shack: centered on the goodness of God in the midst of human tragedy
• Looking back with extreme clarity
• Living in the grace of a day
• Cross Roads: written around the issue of belonging
• Get help or get caught—too exhausted to keep running
• Hitting the bottom, seeking therapy and help
• God’s love: redeeming our messes
• Worthlessness vs. wholeness
• Why no one prays for patience
• Addiction, control, and self-discipline
• Why isolation feeds addiction
• Jesus in ME—John 14:20
• Why Paul gets called a “universalist”
• Why we are always in God’s presence
• Religion’s LIE
• Paul’s biggest strength? “My relationships. I’m surrounded by people who love me but aren’t impressed. I’ve learned to stay inside the grace of today, and not be a future-tripper.”
• Paul’s biggest weakness within his strength? “I’m very much a mental processor and not a verbal one. That makes it hard sometimes to stay present and engaged with someone.”
• What is God currently stirring in your life? “I’m excited about the young generations coming up without the religious allegiances and affiliations that we were in bondage to. I think we’re on the cusp of some pretty fantastic movements and times.”
• Paul’s advice to his younger self? “I would go to myself at 6 years old, put an arm around him and say, ‘You’re never alone and you will never be alone. Learn to tell all your secrets’.”

Michael began his entrepreneurial  insurance  career in 1983 after his Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force, where McIntyre served 4 years  in the Strategic Air Command (SAC).  During his insurance career which span more than 27 years  McIntyre’s companies  generated more than $3 billion in premium  since 1992. McIntyre’s companies had  recruited and trained over 20,000 sales agents and opened offices in more than forty states. His leadership help grow a start-up insurance company from $25 million in assets to over $15 billion in less than 10 years and went on to have a  successful IPO on the NYSE in 2004. Michael revolutionized the insurance industry with a unique formula for generating prospects for  agents. During his time in the insurance sales industry, Michael has received numerous Top Agent and Top Agency performance awards, as well as the National #1Recruiting Agency award.

Michael is now  the CEO of 247MedPlan.com which he founded  in 2006 . 247Medplan provides tele-health and dental plans for individuals and small businesses. 247MedPlan offers affordable benefits that were previously only available to large corporations. This industry is  now one of the fastest growing non-insurance benefits in the country.

Michael is also the creator of "The Authenticity Ratio" which is a highly rated keynote and training topic that has transcended industry borders from insurance to real estate to professional sports teams. He is also the author of "The Authentic Salesman" which was published in 2011… . Michael has been featured on FOX, CBS, TheStreet.Com, Business Insider, Forbes, US News & World Report, The Huffington Post and many other publication for his unique insight not only in sales and leadership but on breaking topical issues.
 

Michael is active in the Dallas  community ; He is a member of  YPO, WPO . Michael is very active in his church, the” Upper Room” a small Bible church in urban Dallas.
Michael is happily married for over 30 years to his wife Stacye  and has three beautiful daughters and an amazing son-in love.

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Cliff Ravenscraft began podcasting as a hobby before podcasting was on anyone's radar. He worked as an insurance agent and began creating podcasts on the side. The content of his podcast was a topic he was passionate about, and he became more interested in the relationship building and the content marketing from his podcast. Cliff eventually decided to make the scary leap and leave his full-time job and become a full-time podcaster. Cliff believes that he is doing exactly what he was meant to do in life and he looks for opportunities to minister anytime he can.

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.areyoureal.org