What Does It Mean to Put God First?

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When we put God first in our lives, it changes how we view ourselves and how we view the world around us.

The world needs to see Christians who stop viewing failure as an identity and who refuse to live their lives in victimization.

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When we choose to stop living in the rubble, sorrow, and pain of our past and choose to live by God’s promise, the world will see a victorious church that becomes attractive to them.

Putting God first means walking away from our old life and embracing a new life with a new identity and a new culture.

It means taking that step of faith to live a whole new life – the incomparable life!

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Learn more about how to live the incomparable life in my new book: Incomparable – Living Life Beyond Measure available now on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.

Incomparable is a handbook for learning how to connect our life experiences to scriptural principles so that we can move from ordinary Christian living to living a life beyond measure.


Using 2 Peter 1 as my lens, I share stories from my life and ministry to show how God’s hand is at work in our life through the good and difficult seasons of life.

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About F. Dean Hackett

Dr. F. Dean Hackett has served in full-time Christian ministry since October 1971. He has ministered throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, serving as pastor, conference speaker and mentor. He has planted four churches, assisted in planting 15 others and currently serves as lead pastor of Living Faith Church in Hermiston, Oregon. Dr. Hackett founded Spirit Life Ministries International in 2001 to facilitate ministries in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina and to open a training center for workers in those nations.

F. Dean Hackett has served in full time Christian ministry since October 1971. He has ministered throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, serving as pastor, conference speaker and mentor.

He has planted four churches, assisted in planting fifteen others, and currently serves as Lead Pastor of Living Faith Church in Hermiston, Oregon.

Dean has been married forty-five years to his wife, Wanda. They have three children serving in full time Christian ministry. Their two daughters are missionaries in Croatia and their son is planting a church in Portland, Oregon. They have nine grandchildren.

Dr. Dean is known for training many leaders who are presently in full time ministry around the world. He has completed a Masters in Ministry, a Masters of Theology and a Ph.D. in practical theological with an emphasis in marriage and family counseling. His enthusiastic and challenging ministry has made him a popular teacher and conference speaker. He has written eight books and is presently writing the third book in a trilogy Freedom Series.

Dr. Hackett founded Spirit Life Ministries International in 2001 to facilitate ministries in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina and to open a training center for workers in those nations.

You can find him at F. Dean Hackett - Foundational, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest

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