Christ Centered Identity: Recent Episodes
Jeremy Rice
My mission is to Ignite hearts to go after the heart of God! We must live out our faith from our secret place relationship with Christ to the market place of life. A secret place relationship with Jesus is where we find and maintain our values as a believer.
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Does Jesus really think he is greater than our religious traditions? Many people have more of a relationship with traditions than they do a relationship with Jesus!!!
Hebrews 3:10 “This ignited my anger with that generation and I said about them, ‘They wander in their hearts just like they do with their feet, and they refuse to learn my ways.’”
Is your freedom in Christ settled in your soul? How do you view Christ finished work functioning in the life you gave to him?
Hebrews 4:1-2 TPT “Now the promise of entering into God’s rest is still for us today. So we must be extremely careful to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and not fail to experience it. For we have heard the good news of deliverance just as they did, yet they didn’t join their faith with the Word. Instead, what they heard didn’t affect them deeply, for they doubted.”
The question I would pose is- “How deeply are we affected?”
True Communion- "Is participation in that which is common to all who find their union in the worship of Christ.”
Luke 19:10 NKJV “for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.””
-the “that” is connection to His presence!!!
What was lost by Adam is now gained through Christ!!!
Really saved
Why did Jesus die on the Cross? Most of us would say because of our sin. Jesus died on the cross because of love. John 3:16
Salvation= saved- healed- delivered preserved- protected- made whole- kept safe
Who are you helping to enter in Gods presence? Who do you know that the only mindset they have is crippled like the beggar at the gate called beautiful? All some can see is what issues are right in front of them. They don’t see a way out of the circumstances and they are waiting for someone like you who knows the way in to Gods presence to show them!!!
The stressors of this world are a temporary reality to our eternal truth. For me to live is Christ and to die is gain. This to shall pass. I am seated in heavenly places joined to my Jesus!!! What reality do you choose?
1 Corinthians 4:9-13 TPT “It seems to me that God has appointed us apostles to be at the end of the line. We are like those on display at the end of the procession, as doomed gladiators soon to be killed. We have become a theatrical spectacle to all creation, both to people and to angels. We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are the frail; you are the powerful. You are celebrated; we are humiliated. If you could see us now, you’d find that we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and with no roof over our heads. We work hard, toiling with our own hands. When people abuse and insult us, we respond with a blessing, and when severely persecuted, we endure it with patience. When we are slandered incessantly, we always answer gently, ready to reconcile. Even now, in the world’s opinion, we are nothing but filth and the lowest scum.”
John the Baptist said, Behold the lamb of God the one who is to take away the sin of the world. Sin is the blemish on our true identity of being made in His image!!!
How to walk in the spirit and not the flesh. You will walk towards whatever you are more affectionate towards. If you are more attentive to your sinful fleshly needs and desires then you will walk in the flesh. If you affectionate towards Holy Spirit then you will walk in the spirit.
Philippians 2:1-11 NIV
Habakkuk 2:20 NIV “The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.”
1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?”
When we understand who lives in us this world is silenced!!!
Satan is afraid of being exposed by the light of Holy Spirit!!! He creeps around in the dark places of our life. When we expose him he looses his power. When we hide in guilt, shame and self condemnation we give him the power to keep us stuck!!!
The Finale • I have heard so many preacher say God has plans for you. The Bible says that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of us.
• What is that plan?
• Is the point of Christianity the plan?
• I don’t believe the point of Christianity is to focus on our future plans. I believe the point of Christianity is Christ likeness and living a life surrendered to Him. Then he will lead you into His plan for you. Luke 4:18-21 TPT 18-19 ““The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he has anointed me to be hope for the poor, healing for the brokenhearted, and new eyes for the blind, and to preach to prisoners, ‘You are set free!’ I have come to share the message of Jubilee, for the time of God’s great acceptance has begun.”
20 After he read this he rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone stared at Jesus, wondering what he was about to say. 21 Then he added, “Today, these Scriptures came true in front of you.””
When Jesus is in front of your focus and intent you would fulfill being a person that brings: • Healing • Hope • Freedom • With the message of celebration that they to can have a new life in Jesus!!!
When He arrives
Something significant happens when Jesus arrives in the hardest and most confusing times!!!
What are some emotional and cultural obstacles your Generation faces?
Philippians 3:10 TPT “And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus and to experience the overflowing power of his resurrection working in me. I will be one with him in his sufferings and become like him in his death.” Jesus is not afraid of your mess!!! -You’ll walk through the Waters and it shall not Overcome you, and walk through the fire it will not burn you
When we are God conscious we are more likely to value what God values that is his creation.
Who is Gods creation?
Self inflicted wounds- The body of Christ walking disgruntled and at odds is a self inflicted wound towards the body of Christ!!! When we hurt our brother or sister we are actually only hurting Gods creation
Spilled The Tea -Repent and confess your sins!!! -Vulnerability is a key to growth in your faith
What do we mean by genuine repentance?, Many times we see people confessing their sins to God and promising Him never to go back to them again, but as soon as they leave the altar of repentance, they begin to live their lives as before. This suggests that their repentance was not genuine.
“left the devil on read”
-he’s talkin but I ain’t listening
1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (poor sucker that is willing to listen to him!!!) Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”
How do we resist Satan? By submitting to God
Why am I different? I’m Different because I believe I’m walking in what God has already prepared for me!
Our love an devotion can make religious people feel uncomfortable!!!
When we walk into a room our faith makes apathy and complacency leave. Because we Have this hope and His name is Jesus!!!
Our obedient faith should encourage other people to step up in their hearts towards Christ’s Leadership through agency of Holy Spirit!!!
This Holy Spirit impressed on me that Christians want big gatherings just to gather people but don't like talking about the blood of Jesus. It is what scatters unbelievers and highlights what’s in ones heart. The Blood Brings Protection Christ is referred to as our Passover Lamb. Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us. – 1 Corinthians 5:7 2. The Blood Brings Authority and Deliverance And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. – Revelation 12:11 3. The Blood Brings Healing Of course, the blood of Jesus also purchased your healing. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. – Isaiah 53:5 4. The Blood Brings Peace of Mind When meditating upon the following verse, the Holy Spirit spoke something very powerful to me: The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. – John 19:2
Jesus is the way back to the Father. John 14:6-7 TPT “Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. To know me is to know my Father too. And from now on you will realize that you have seen him and experienced him.””
We are robbing God of what he created us to be through Jesus when we don’t live out who he says we are.
Selling fake blood 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 The money changers and those selling animals in the temple for sacrifice where making personal gains off of the Jewish community for them to pay for the forgiveness of sin. Jesus was upset because he was the sacrifice and no one but his father should benefit from his creation getting right with Him. You can’t buy forgiveness it’s a gift that we lay our lives down to walk in.
“Lucy is so boujee” -he doin the most he needs to take several seats. He comes to tempt with things he can do for me and I’m like... weird flex but okay.
Where do you place the importance of Jesus in the life you’ve been given? Psalms 119:103-105 NIV 103 “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. 105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Copped my salvation
John 14:6 NIV “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Psalms 119:105 TPT “Truth’s shining light guides me in my choices and decisions; the revelation of your word makes my pathway clear.” This is relationship through the Holy Spirit working in our hearts to look more like Jesus. Through reading and gaining understanding of the word of God!
Guilt and shame make us think about our lack and insecurity but true conviction gives us our identity.
Psalms 119:103-105 NIV 103 “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. 105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Romans 12:2 TPT “Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.”
God wants us to build a life of Learning to linger in His presence!!!
I Peter 2:5 NKJV “you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
A real fan makes others that are not a fan uncomfortable, it can be a Offensive.
Is our worship costly or is it nice and neat being culturally acceptable?
Does our love an devotion make the religious uncomfortable?
When we walk in the room can apathy and complacency stay?
Does our faith challenge people to step up or be okay with normal?
Testing the word to the word. We may know a Bible verse but do we know the word made flesh?
Jeremiah 29:12-14 NIV “Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”” Do you remember the first time you had an encounter with Jesus? I was 10 years old when He encountered me with power and I started speaking in tongues. I fell to the floor on my grandmother’s carpet in her living room balling my eyes out as his love washed over me!!! I was 14 at summer camp when I had encounter with Him balling my eyes out because I had been smoking cigarettes and weed also looking at porn. I was in repentance like I give it all to you lord. At the age of 16 in my room hanging out with Him and I had a strong vision about preaching the gospel all over the world!!! I was 33 when I started fasting multiple times in a year hiding away for hours having dreams and visions about Him and how He wants to use this life’s yes!!! I can’t live without encountering Him and engaging with Him everyday!!!
“Jesus Coming in clutch”
Jesus saved me just in time and he uses people like you and I to do it for others!!!
“Sin be yeeted” Jesus said “It is finished!”
Holy Spirit just told me this morning “Don’t yield to the body’s desire, yield to the body’s designer!!!”
Romans 6:10-11 TPT 10 “For by his sacrifice he died to sin’s power once and for all, but he now lives continuously for the Father’s pleasure. 11 So let it be the same way with you! Since you are now joined with him, you must continually view yourselves as dead and unresponsive to sin’s appeal while living daily for God’s pleasure in union with Jesus, the Anointed One.” Live not for yourself but for the fathers pleasure Just like Jesus join all of your values in Him Be dead to sin because “Sin Be Yeeted”
Every time Satan opens his mouth he is lying. Nothing he says is true!!!
We must ask ourselves,What is truth? Can we impose our opinions on God and only serve the God we define him to be?
Theology= is the study of truth about the truth. Jesus is the truth!!! We can believe our truth but our truth may not be The Truth!!!
John 8:31-32
My hope is in Jesus only Periodt
My faith is in Jesus only Periodt
My trust is in Jesus only Periodt
Holy Spirit empowers me Periodt
Jesus is the only way Periodt
Jesus is the only truth Periodt
Jesus is my life Periodt
Jesus is my Savior Periodt
Jesus is both lord and savior. He’s your savior but is he your lord? Does he have dominion over you or is he just a added concept to your Belief system?
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John 12:24-26 NIV “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.”
-When it goes into the ground it has to die in order to produce a plant or tree. -Seeds mean purpose!!! What is your purpose? Is it to be the best you? Or is it to shine Jesus?
“I’m Supernatural”
When Jesus moved into our heart he made me a new creation and he gave us power💥. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Prayer brings our attention and focus on to God giving us the opportunity to join our hearts with the heart of Jesus.
Resisting the devil is a supernatural strategy for the humble. If you can resist on your own then you have to maintain your resistance in your own strength.
Your strength is not in Resistance it’s in humility and submission
James 4:7 NIV “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Luke 21:34-38 TPT 34““Be careful that you never allow your hearts to grow cold. (Remain passionate) and free from anxiety and the worries of this life. Then you will not be caught off guard by what happens. Don’t let me come and find you drunk or careless in living like everyone else. Sin can be fun until you get caught! 2Timothy 1:6 Paul tells Timothy to fan into flame the gifts and his passion for Jesus. If you remain passionate you will pursue what you are passionate for!!! What are you passionate for? You will have no room for fear and anxiety if you are passionately pursuing Christ!!! Don’t be drunk and careless. This means what are you under the influence of? The cares of this world or Jesus!!! Ephesians 5:18. Do not be drunk with wine but be filled with Holy Spirit. Or under the influence of Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit shared this with me on 11/11/2020
Jesus was not welcome at the inn when he was born. His mother Mary and her husband Joseph were only able to attain a humble stable or barn to be born in. This is a picture of our lives it’s hard for Jesus to move into a five-star hotel who has all the things the world has to offer. But Jesus will move right into those that find themselves in humility and in need of the care and a Savior. The barn is the heart beat of the farm. Everything that is needed to take care of the farm is in the barn, tools, animals and feed. Jesus desires to move into your soul and become one with your spirit. Living in the the temple of your body.
My heart breaks in travailing prayer over you guys to be further formed in Jesus Christ. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I believe it is the goal of God to give the church its ache back. A deep cry for souls. I believe so strongly we have to get our eyes off what God can do for us and back on how we can live for God!!!
Romans 8:22-24 NIV “We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?”
Strongholds: defined as "1. a place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack; 2. a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld." Strongholds are designed to be a safe place
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NIV “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Sin hides dulls the fire and leaves room for serpents to live. Your life without fire hides vipers It wasn’t until Paul put more fuel on the fire that the vipers came out to bite him. If our relationship with Christ is lukewarm it gives a chance for snakes and serpents to hide.
The Secret place is not a geographical location it’s the effortlessness of connecting to the one who does everything!!! Living in the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom. Live from the secret place in relationship with Him and watch your life be transformed!!!
Live with anticipation for Jesus to encounter your everyday life. All of creation is waiting for Christ to be revealed in the body of Christ the ecclesia.
Psalms 46:10 Be still and know that I am God. We must be still enough to know the He is God! If fear and anxiety is your focus then that is your God!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
God is not a Concept, God desires Holiness being set apart, sanctified for Christ purposes. Giving your life to God should lead to experiencing Him in the life you have been given!!! My heart is that you RUN to Him and get alone with Him and learn from Him!!! My life for the Gospel without Him I am nothing!!! I NEED HIM
God is sending a spirit of travail back to the church to bring revival!! The time is now the harvest is ripe let’s shine Jesus!!!
We are bombarded with so much information all of the time now a days. We can get stuck in the vortex of binge watching the next episode... I want encourage you to “Binge Watch” Jesus
Sometimes it isn’t simple to have faith in Christ. Growing up we learn through disappointment how not to believe in what people say. But propose to you that God always comes through
Live a fist love lifestyle with total devotion to Christ. Demonstrating him everywhere you go!!!
The Problem is we can spend most of our life trying to find our value and purpose in many things besides the God we are made in the image of.