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The Force That Makes You Unstoppable
Keith Craft
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Copyright
your divine fingerprint: The Force That Makes You Unstoppable. Copyright 2013
by Keith Craft. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part
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Dedication
I dedicate this book to my three children, who are immeasurable
gifts from God to me. The fact that they all have chosen to
follow Christ is a dream come true, but their choice to co-labor
with me in the advancing of Gods kingdom in the earth is . . .
well . . . my heaven on earth!
Joshua . . . you are and always have been my Champion!
On July 28, 1987, I discovered a depth of Gods love I had never
known as you were being born. God spoke to me and said, Do you
see what you are feeling? Out loud, in the delivery room, I said,
Yes! He said, That is just what I feel about you every day.
Son, my life has never been the same since that day. Every day
YOU remind me how much God loves me.
Keela . . . you are my Daisy and my sunshine wrapped in one.
I named you nine years before you were born. One night when
your mother and I were having devotions in our sophomore year of
college, I said, We are going to have a daughter and I want to
name her Keela . . . half Keith and half Sheila. You are
just that baby, the BEST of your mother and me,
in one gift to us and the world, from God!
Whitney . . . you are my Giggles! From the day you were born,
you have brought the fragrance of Gods joy to our family.
I will never forget when you were six and we were driving along in
the car. All of the sudden you said, Daddy! I know what worship
is! I said, What is it? You said, To be in AWE of God!
You bring me daily AWE and I am so glad the rest of
the world now sees God on display through your life as a
Worship Leader for Him. I so love YOU!
Your Divine Fingerprint is dedicated to my children,
not just because they are my children. But they indeed are the
living epistles of every page of this book and I am honored
to say, transformational examples that the truth in
this book can change your life for the better!
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Contents
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Your Defining
Moments
Its not our moments that define us,
but our choices that distinguish us.
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My Defining Moment
Friday the 13th, May of 1960.
My family lived in a suburban neighborhood of Dallas, Texas.
My mother was going to a choir banquet that night, so my
grandmotherMamaw, as she was affectionately calledcame
to our house to babysit my brother and me.
My mom put me in a playpen next to her bed, changed her
clothes, and left to enjoy the banquet. Mamaw checked on me
then returned to the kitchen to clean the dishes from supper.
After about a half an hour had passed, my brother came into the
kitchen and said to my grandmother, Mamaw! Mamaw! Keiths
all blue! Not knowing what my brother could possibly be talking
about, Mamaw went to the bedroom where my mother had left
me sleeping.
As she walked into the room, she noticed something enveloped around my bodyit was a plastic laundry bag. The kind of
flimsy plastic bag used by dry cleaning companies. It had
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Death, at any age, could be called a defining moment. Everyone will die at some point. But it is the p
eople who are left,
whose lives are touched by the death of another, who will have to
choose how the death of another defines them.
For as long as I can remember, my death-to-back-to-life
experience has been a defining moment for me. I was professionally pronounced dead and super-naturally brought back to
life! The doctors called it a miracle. I call it a miracle moment!
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number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your
breath away. The author is unknown. Unfortunately for most of
us, the only time we allow something to take our breath away is
in tragedy. I encourage you, today, to make a choice, to allow
good moments, good times, and good p
eople to take your breath
away.
We all have unique stories and unique experiences. But our
stories and our experiences are not what make us unique. It is
WHO YOU ARE that makes you unique.
Unique means radically distinctive and without equal; being
the only one of its kind.
What makes you unique? Is it a defining moment, or who you
are at your core level?
The answer to that question is the purpose of this book. It is
your 1% Factor that gives you the ability to defy the odds. You are
an odds defier. You started life with the odds against you as a
sperm swimming upstream with five million other sperm.
There was only one egg. The odds were 5,000,000:1. You made
it! You were radically distinctive and without equal. You were not
just the only one of your kindYOU were the only one! The
odds will never be stacked against you like that again. Your 1%
Factor began that day.
Then, you were born. Did you know it is believed that when
you are born, it is the closest you will ever come to dying without
dying? You have exceeded the odds, going from a sperm to being
born with a unique fingerprint that makes YOU an Unstoppable
Force! You achieved what 4,999,999 other sperm couldnt do!
Regardless of what has happened in your life since that time, you
are unique. You defied the worst possible odds to be here, and if
any moment thus far can define you, thats it! You are a miracle
and if you are a miracle, YOU can be a MIRACLE WORKER! You
have a 1% Factor no other person has on earth.
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Think, Be, Do
THINK: Discover
What is your defining moment that created the momentum for
your miracle moment? Write down in detail the miracle moment
that has shaped who you are today.
What talent, skill, or passion drives you? Make a list of your
talents, skills, and passions that drive you, that you enjoy, that
other people recognize in you.
What is truly unique about you? Write down everything that
you believe you do better than anyone else you know.
BE: Develop
Based on your miracle moment shaping your life, what one
outcome drives your passion most? Why?
How can you develop your talent, skill, or passion into a greater
part of your life?
DO: Deploy
Take the first step toward your plan.
Find a mentor to guide and encourage you.
As you read this book, BELIEVE! Believe you are special! Believe
you have Greatness! Believe God has a plan for your life and that
you have been given the fingerprint you have for a reason.
Believe you have incredible God-given value to bring everywhere
you go, and begin bringing it NOW!
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