Chapter 1

 

(EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE)

 

 

Dr. AC Brown

 

 

Using the P.A.U.S.E. ^®

 

Wealth Building System

 

 

Doing It God’s Way^®

 

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Mr. Sam Brown

(Meditate on the Lord)

(Psalm 1:2)

 

I want you to understand that Father God changed my gears that morning through Ruth Brown.  When that gear shifts -- we begin to go in another direction.  I’m here to testify to you that when that gear shifts, God is changing the direction that He wants you to travel.  Listen at what Ruth Brown said to me. 

“Alonza, if you want to win that speaking contest, you need to consult with your daddy Sam Brown.” 

That was all she said, but that was a mouthful.

I have practiced for 48 years, disciplining myself to keep my mind on God at all times.  When that gear in life shifts, I know exactly what to do.  And He tells us so clearly in the Bible, If you fear Me, I’ll give you riches and honor and life.

 

“The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.” Psalm 25:14 (KJV)

 

“O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.” Psalm 34:9 (KJV)

 

“He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.” Psalm 115:13 (KJV)

 

“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.” Proverbs 22:4 (KJV)

 

But if we don’t keep our minds on God at all times, we’ll miss that gear shifting every time. I knew from the moment Ruth Brown told me to observe my daddy Sam Brown that those gears were shifting. I heard that gear shifting and I made a decision to step on life’s accelerator.

Listen, we must keep our minds on God at all times. We’ll miss that gear shifting almost every time if we don’t. And it’s nothing but a habit—listening for that gear shifting—keeping our minds stayed on Him.  It will be the best habit you’ll ever develop in life.  Keeping our minds on God is the habit we want to develop. Keeping our minds off of ungodly things—that is—focus on the positive and leave the negative wherever it was before it entered your mind.

 

You’ve got to understand why God wanted me to observe Sam Brown.  Sam Brown sent seven of my sisters and brothers to college. This was during the Depression Years.  He had four girls in college at the same time, and he was only a farmer.  I never heard this farmer say he didn’t have any money.  Sam Brown paid off his 98-acre farm in the 1920’s, when everyone else was losing their farms. And during the Depression, he paid for his children’s college tuitions.

I would see him standing in the fields with five vocational agriculture teachers; both African-American and Caucasian brothers came to seek his advice from all over the entire state of North Carolina about farming, or so I thought. 

One day I asked him, “How can you spend all that time with county agents and vocational agricultural teachers?”  I asked him how could he do it and make money to take care of the farm and the family.

He looked at me real strange, but he had a smile on his face -- a serious smile.  I will never forget it.

He said, “I can’t afford not to help them.” 

I said, “You’re not making a dime out of this.” 

And then he said to me, “The way you get God’s attention in life is to be more concerned about His people than you are about yourself.”  Then Sam Brown said, “That is why I cannot afford not to help them.”

 

That is why today God is saying to me, “Go feed my chickens.” This is why He said that to me. For four years I had fed chickens and turkeys at the Swift Poultry Farm in Greensboro, North Carolina.  God knew that that farm is where I spent much of my study time when I was attending North Carolina A&T College. Instead of studying for my classes, I was working at the chicken farm so I could pay my way through college. Guess who spent much of her time with me there? My wife Gladys Lee Brown, the lady who I would not have met if I were not obedient to God’s Voice saying to leave that little girl in high school behind.

God is saying to me and to you—what you need in life will come through Me. Bring Me your desires, bring them through Me and I will give you what you need to feed the chickens you got in your house. Maybe you don’t have chickens, maybe you have some cats, dogs, or horses. They need food too.  God will take care of them.

 

I carried that one concept into several fields over my 48-year track record.  A man with a C and D transcript from college -- didn’t know anything about three different fields, but made millions in each field.  If I can do it this way, you can too!

 

I would see Sam Brown sit with the Bible in his lap early in the morning.  Everyone at home was sound asleep, except him and me.  He would sit there, the Bible in his lap with tears rolling down his face, but I never did see him turn a page. 

“Why are you crying?”  I asked him. “And furthermore,” I said, “I never see you turn a page.” 

Here again, he looked at me real strange again.  He had a way of doing that. I continued, “The boys talk about reading the Bible, but I never see you reading your Bible. And I never see you turn a page.” 

He said, “I meditate on the Word.  There is a difference.” 

I never forgot what he said; I never forgot it.  And then he explained to me how you meditate on the Word. 

 

He said, “You take everything out of the Bible.  You make sure every leaf is turned down smooth, so the Hand of God will move that page to where God wants you to meditate.  And then you hold both hands under that Bible, and say, “In the name of Jesus, Father, let your Word open to where You want me to read. Please Father give me my daily Bread.””

 

.:P.A.U.S.E:. Applied Scriptures

Chapter 1

1. “A new commandment I give unto you, ye love one another; as I have loved you, ye also love one another.” John 12:34 (John 15:12,17); “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” John 13:35

2. “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” Matthew 21:22; “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” Mark 11:23.

3. “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6

4. “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, f thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.” Deuteronomy 28:1-2

5. “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.” Mark 12:30

6. “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6

7. Blood of Jesus prayer. “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;” Luke 18:1;  “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Luke 21:36; “Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:” 2 Thessalonians 1:11

8. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13

9. “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” Psalm 1:2

   

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.:PAUSE:. Wealth Building Tips

Week 1 – My Daily Affirmation

1.     I will join forces and team up with my brothers and sisters of every nation forming partnerships of success.

2.     I make up my mind that every day everything I touch in life from this point forward will turn to gold.

3.     I do extra things to get ahead; like in high school driving a school bus to make extra money. 

4.     I will make decisions which change my life for the positive.

5.     I will apply scripture to my daily living expecting my goals to be accomplished with divine purposes.

6.     When that gear in life shifts, I will know exactly what to do by being prepared. 

7.     I will keep my mind on God at all times. It will be the best habit I will ever develop in life. 

8.     I will get God’s attention in life by being more concerned about His people than I am about myself.”

9.    I will meditate on the Word.  It will make a difference.

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