Building Without A Blueprint

Princeton Parker

Everybody talks about the WHAT to success, few people discuss the HOW. Join Princeton as he talks each week about how to build something bigger than you with no explanation or representation on how to do it. Get ready, let’s build!

  1. 01/28/2021

    Why Do Men Ghost Pt. 2

    In this episode Princeton spills all the tea on why men sometimes opt to disappear in relationship instead of communicating effectively. He finishes his list and then shares how men can improve if they’ve ghosted before.

  2. 01/21/2021

    Why Do Men Ghost

    In this episode Princeton tackles the topic of ghosting during the dating process, and helps men understand what may truly be underneath the decision to stop contact.

  3. 01/14/2021

    How Do Men Heal From A Breakup ft. Keishorne Scott

    In this episode Princeton talks to relationship expert Keishorne Scott about the right and wrong ways for men to respond to heartbreak. They get down to the root of all and provide answers for men who want to be better men and get the relationship they want and deserve.

  4. 01/07/2021

    We survived 2020 Ft Preston Parker

    In this episode Princeton sits down with his little brother Preston parker and they take time to laugh, reflect, and process the rollercoaster that has been 2020

  5. 12/17/2020

    After This Year, We're Still Standing

    Listen as Princeton talks about the last sermon of the year. Let’s learn about the miracle of stability and taking courage of still standing despite all the challenges that we are facing.   Episode Highlights:  The miracle of stability of still standing despite the challenges this year is revolutionary. Matthew 7:24- "Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock." Sometimes it is not the house that you praise God for, but the foundation that the house sits on that you praise God for. Princeton realized that he is still standing, not because of his right decisions, but because of what he's built on. Jesus did not just come to save us, but he came to make us stable. Being stable deserves to be celebrated. The fruit of people's obedience to God is stability, the true measure of God's relationship with us. Stability is not the absence of a conflict but a presence of a foundation. Some people hear God but never choose God. They are always building something but not according to the right blueprint. The beginning of stability is when you see the word of God as safety, not slavery. Anything we do, simply because we must, will not easily be sustained. God is essential, if you only see Jesus but don't hear him, you never stay the course. If God is not the foundation, the events determine whether it is a good or a bad day. There is freedom, where there's a foundation. Companies that don't have core values/identity are always at the mercy of the latest trend. Foundation lets you reinvent without fear. God says, "I love you too much to build you high without first building you deep." God being absent is the process of going deep before going high.  Foundation building looks like unseen sacrifices.  Often, God softens our hearts when He wants to increase our strengths. The enemy has been tormenting us, making us look at someone else's house, not enjoying the stability of our own.  Faith says “I trust the way I was built.” The lord is the strength of our lives.  If you have with God, you have stability.    3 Key Points: Matthew Chapter 7 explains that the miracle of standing despite the storms that we have, is a miracle that deserves celebration. Jesus came not just to save us but to give stability as the fruit of our obedience with God. Building a foundation are unseen sacrifices, giving 100% in temporary circumstances.    Tweetable Quotes: “To be still standing is not like a small thing after this year, it is absolutely revolutionary.”- Priceton “Stability is something to show for this year."- Priceton "Stability does not mean every aspect of your life aligns perfectly so that your story makes sense."- Priceton “I almost gave up, but I didn't lose my way.”- Priceton “Digging deep always brings you to your knees and prayer”-Princeton   Resources Mentioned: Building Without a Blueprint Podcast  Princeton's Website Email Princeton: buildingwithprinceton@gmail.com Princeton Parker: Instagram  Facebook  Twitter

  6. 11/05/2020

    Did Jesus Ever Talk About Anxiety? Part 2

    We’ve talked about Jesus struggling with anxiety, but was anxiety ever a topic of one of his sermons? Princeton explores part two of the famous sermon on the mount in Matthew 6 and explains how it contains life lessons on how to deal with anxiety.    Episode Highlights:  We are laboring on the same topic about mental health & faith and understanding how to navigate both. It is possible to be saved, to love the Lord, to have a Holy Ghost, and yet still affected by the pains of this life. The enemy's strategy is to overwhelm us. If we don't have the tools in life to accomplish anxiety, then we will be overtaken by the enemy.  Anxiety comes in three levels as it exists in the body, the soul, and spirit. In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus talked about anxiety, which also allows us to read what Jesus' teachings on how we can win our journey in anxiety. The first seven recommendations from Jesus are: Stop performing for the measurement and approval of people. Learn the value of genuine alone time. Remember that your needs are already known. Remember the reverence of God and your relationship with God. Release the desire to have everything in your order and submit to divine order. Take one day at a time.  Forgiveness is the art of realizing which makes space for peace. The second seven recommendations from Jesus are as follows: Lesson 8, have boundaries, for a life with no bounds will always have anxiety. The real measure of health and maturity is when you learn how to say no. Lesson 9, practice gratitude, which will give you strength. Wake up every morning for the things that you can do, not for what you can't, then complain about it. Thank people for who they are, instead of calling them out for who they're not. Lesson 10, keep your process to yourself when necessary. Be transparent, but don't advertise every step of the process to the world. Inviting people on your labor is an invitation for their praises as well as their criticisms, and therefore will give you more anxiety. Jesus says you have anxiety because there are too many people involved in your healing that I didn't ordain to be involved. Lesson 11, don't chase materialism because if you pursue materials, then your peace is based on whether you have it or not. The danger of being in American Christianity is, sometimes we take capitalism, which is the idea of securing stuff by any means, as a sign of the presence of God. As people think having material things a symbol of having God, we are more anxious trying to genie God into performing something. Lesson 12 says, monitor what you look at because it is vital to guard what you look at. Frequent social media posts or advertisements makes you think you need it when you’re not, then will expose you to more anxiety.  Lesson 13 says, no man can serve two masters. Prioritize your pursuit and focus on prayer as it will give you strength, clarity, and energy to do anything on your list. Lesson 14 says, look to nature. You are anxious because you have disconnected yourself from the world. Jesus says, the next time you feel anxious, go outside and look at a tree. Verse 33 proves that Jesus preaches about anxiety. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Don't be anxious and everything you worry about shall be added.   3 Key Points: Jesus talked about anxiety through Matthew chapter 6 and gave his recommendations how to deal with it. The enemy will take advantage of anxiety by overwhelming people, but God has tools in life to overcome anxiety. Don’t be anxious, trust the Lord and his process, then all your worries shall be added.   Tweetable Quotes:  "One of the enemy's greatest strategies is the ability and his desire to overwhelm us."-Princeton Parker "If you do it to be seen, then being seen is all you get. "-Princeton Parker "Sometimes, we pray with anxiety, we pray like God doesn't see us. "-Princeton Parker "Do you know that the biggest weight comes from those three words, I have to"?" "If I manage the day well, the year is guaranteed."-Princeton Parker I have realized that the true measure of health and maturity, if when you say No to. " "There's a practice of gratitude that gives strength."-Princeton Parker "Imagine, what it might do to your relationships if you thank people for who they were, instead of calling them out for who they're not."-Princeton Parker "He says, listen, wash your face, involve those who need to be involved, don't have the anxiety to involve those who don't need to be involved."-Princeton Parker     Resources Mentioned:  Building Without a Blueprint Podcast  Princeton's Website Email Princeton: buildingwithprinceton@gmail.com Princeton Parker: Instagram  Facebook  Twitter

  7. 10/29/2020

    Did Jesus Ever Talk About Anxiety?

    We’ve talked about Jesus struggling with anxiety, but was anxiety ever a topic of one of his sermons? Princeton explores the famous sermon on the mount in Matthew 6 and explains how it contains life lessons on how to deal with anxiety.  Episode Highlights:  Matthew 6 is about a discussion of how a good deed has done for the wrong reasons. Princeton talks about Matthew Chapter six on how Jesus preaches about anxiety.  Princeton gave recommendations from Jesus on how to deal with anxiety. Verses 1-4 lesson says, stop performing for the measurement and approval of people. Don't do good work trying to be impressive, because you tend to open yourself up to the anxiety.  When you open up for people's praise /identity, you also live by their rejection.  It is not the right motivation if you just want to be seen because you are not even aware that you open up to others by basing your identity on what people are saying.  Jesus never tried to impress even he has a lot of reasons and opportunities to do so because he is going to the will of the Father that sent Him. The tendency is, you might impress people today until someone comes along who's more impressive.  People give praise because of what they need, so the moment they lose it, they will no longer be impressed. Princeton is so concerned about every generation on how we are so obsessed with how we look to others.  There's a lack of inner peace because our concern all the time is how we look to others.  Verse 5-6 lesson says, learn the value of genuine time alone.  Anxiety is not about too many things that we're going through, but because of not having that time alone. The lesson from verse 7 to 8 is to remember that your needs are already known.  The Father knows what you need before you ask.  The lesson from verse 9 says, remember the reverence of God and your relationship with God. When praying, you see God is way bigger than your anxiety.  The lesson from verse 10 says, release the desire to have everything in your order.  Anxiety is because we choose to do it our way as we believe that our plans are more significant than God. The lesson from verse 11 says, take life one day at a time. Forgiveness is the art of releasing which makes space for peace. Do not hold on to anger to put more space for peace. The closure is an important part of forgiveness. Forgiveness begins in acknowledging that sin was committed. Our responsibility is to forgive but not to entertain the same space. Holding on is not going to penalize others who have sinned you, but it will just make you heavy.  To wrap it up, therefore take no thought as God said don't be anxious.     3 Key Points: To avoid exposing yourself to anxiety and find inner peace, do good things not trying to be impressive.  The Father knows what we need, pray and see that God is greater than your anxiety. Do not hold on to anger, forgive to put more space for peace.   Tweetable Quotes:  "When you do good work don't do good work trying to be impressive." -Princeton Parker "If you wanted to be seen, is not the right motivation in the first place."-Princeton Parker "How much freer would you be, if you pick clothes out in the morning not caring about what people's gonna say?"-Princeton Parker "Sometimes, we like to be offended because it guarantees us an opportunity to something later on" -Princeton Parker "Where there should be love, there's anger." -Princeton Parker "If God treated you the way you treat others will you be satisfied?"-Princeton Parker   Resources Mentioned:  Building Without a Blueprint Podcast  Princeton's Website Email Princeton: buildingwithprinceton@gmail.com Princeton Parker: Instagram  Facebook  Twitter

  8. 10/22/2020

    The Truth Behind Jeremiah 29:11

    You’ve never heard this scripture preached like this. Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most famous inspirational scripture quotes, but Princeton talks about now there’s more to the text than we usually talk about.   Episode Highlights:  Princeton welcomes listeners as they pressed the play button to this podcast. Princeton realized that even people in the church quote scriptures, and we are like biblically illiterate. Be contextual biblical interpreters/preachers to get the scripture's richest meaning, and don't end up misinterpreting its meaning. Princeton talks about the contextual sense of Philippians 4:13 of how to be content in every stage of life as Paul developed the tool so that he can be okay and know who he is with God no matter what the situation is. We hear scripture on social media, and so we post a scripture more likely to be a motivational quote than a scripture. Unlike scriptures, a motivational quote doesn't need context because they are not part of a larger story. Princeton runs the exposé of Jerimiah 29:11 to find about how it relates to anxiety, to commit to reading verses, and see the real knowledge of the words of God. Anxiety sits here among us until we are willing to confront it and have that conversation. Jeremiah 29:11 is prominent in social media because it is so affirming that God says, “I want to give you an expected end”. Princeton started reading verses one through ten and about to explain the context of the scripture. The book of Jerimiah says to build, plant, invest, anchor yourself, but the people's objective is to leave. The root of our anxiety is that as a culture, we are so future- focus that we do not make peace with right now. God's question is, "Am I a God of now, or do you need me to transport you to where you're going?". In Exodus, Israel is acquainted with God of Suddenly as he spoke to Moses about getting ready, as he's about to send victory. One of the solutions to anxiety is the power of being present. When you are in a rush, you miss the things that you're supposed to see. We tend to bypass essential pieces that will make us improve. People tend to be so entrepreneurial hungry that they don't come from purpose but from capitalism. As we bypass essential pieces, we miss the people with the necessary wisdom we need. It is worth your investment even if you don't live here forever. We only invest in things that will directly benefit us. In applying for a higher position in a job, people tend to feel ready to advance as they thought they knew everything about it. Your mastery of any level would be seen by how you handle that level, not by your request to the next level. When you're handling it right, the promotion will come to you. Success doesn't need to be a prerequisite for a relationship. Jeremiah says, pray for the city that has you in captivity, pray for the peace of that city. To be present means your attitude about where you are must change, and it doesn't until you pray for the wellbeing of it. You can't effectively pray for something that you are not concerned about. Sometimes, the answer to that anxiety is a changed heart. Anxiety comes from different circumstances, but sometimes it comes because all we want is the next, instead of seeing God in our now. Princeton's teacher friend dared him to be present, rededicated to living something that's not permanent. Even your worst days deserve the best you. The whole point of the scripture is not just to give you the hope, but to teach you to obey from verses one through ten. Worship is the power of being present. See the value of being here, decide to live fully in it, and find the joy in your now.   3 Key Points: Build, plant, invest, anchor yourself in your now. Anxiety comes from different circumstances such as expectations, perceived fear, trauma, but sometimes it comes because we are so future-focus who miss seeing God in our now. See the value of being here, find the joy in your present and live your life to the fullest.   Tweetable Quotes:  "The wind of time is blowing back my hairline probably about an inch a day"- Princeton Parker "When you're always trying to go next, it is the reflection that you believe that now has nothing left to offer, which is often a manifestation of pride."Princeton Parker  "Your mastery of this level would be seen by how you handle this level, not by your request to the next level"-Princeton Parker "Sometimes, the answer to that anxiety is a changed heart"-Princeton Parker "Just because you don't live here forever, doesn't mean it's not worth your investment."-Princeton Parker   Resources Mentioned:  Building Without a Blueprint Podcast  Princeton's Website Email Princeton: buildingwithprinceton@gmail.com Princeton Parker: Instagram  Facebook  Twitter Impact Network

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Everybody talks about the WHAT to success, few people discuss the HOW. Join Princeton as he talks each week about how to build something bigger than you with no explanation or representation on how to do it. Get ready, let’s build!

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  • Creator
    Princeton Parker
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2021
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