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Be among those who walk in the natural realm without allowing that realm to dictate how they live.
If we choose to view the Father without Jesus as our lens, we will have an inaccurate idea of who God is.
I will find myself in receiving the embrace of God. But if, while He holds me, I'm holding tight to the forms of "me" I created, I will feel rejected.
God is the most persistently present love in your life. He doesn't fear your rejection, because there is no fear in love. You are being loved with an absolutely perfect, unending love.
They brought her to Jesus, caught in the act. Jesus knelt into the dirt, remembering when He breathed life into it, remembering the love that formed us out of the dust, making us alive by His breath. Jesus demonstrates how a thoughtful pause that helps us to respond well, rendering the accuser of the world powerless.
Fear is only an option when we vacate love. If we feel fear, we have walked out of the house of love.
When we see unrighteousness in the world, the most righteous response we can offer is to remain righteous--not to post, blame,or condemn, but to remain personally consistent to the call of the Lord on our lives regardless of the circumstance. The church's response in all things must be to remain consistently faithful.
The Lord wants us to master the concepts of money. The kingdom of God supersedes the economies of this world; we are called to operate at a level far above the limitations of the current economy we live in.
If you're talking to a God who never admonishes or corrects you, you are talking to an idol of yourself.
Ben Delgado
Money is "always abundantly available": this mindset helps us to continually see provision from the heavenly perspective. Mastery of money opens us up to supernatural provision.
Stop repenting from sin. Start repenting from separation from God--and toward union with Jesus. Sin is not the main character of the story. Jesus is.
When the fruit of the Spirit is evident in my life, the law is fulfilled and we are free to relate to one another in love, honor, and respect.
You can't kill goodness. It will just multiply. We cannot do more evil than God can do good. Even the evil we do will still bring forth a harvest of righteousness.
This year, as we pray for one another, let's include these key points of wisdom in our prayer:
First above all: trust that you have a Father who loves you.
- Be annoyingly wise with money
- Feel it all, and then forgive
- Never accept secondhand experience
- Work hard at something
- Eagerly desire others' success
To come as a human, Jesus laid his divinity. Consider: was this a greater sacrifice than even death on a cross?
Old wine is rich, deep, and mature. But it is a blessing when Jesus fills us with new wine--energetic, expanding, developing, and seemingly reckless. When the new wine comes, it is an opportunity for our hearts to be made fresh and new as well.
Maybe you are not seeing the repentance you are looking for in people's lives because you have not actually forgiven them.
When you find yourself obsessed with someone else's mistakes, you may find you are actually struggling with your own value. This is not sourced in God's spirit. Faith sees all the incredible things that are possible in you--and in others--that have yet to exist.
When others make mistakes, it is unlikely they are operating in a heavenly perspective. Unintentional wrongdoing is either out of ignorance (lack of understanding) or immaturity (lack of growth). Seeing people the way the Father sees His children is what helps us forgive, because we learn to separate people from their mistakes. They are His child. He forgives them by not associating their behavior with who they are. The Father does not connect behavior with your identity.
When I focus on diligently working, I can trust that my Father is actively thinking about me and backing me up. We tend to have the mentality that our natural work is not spiritual action. But there is no dividing wall between spiritual activity and natural activity. Everything is spiritual. Everything. The spirit of the thing is more important than the thing.
Why do we refer to some healing as "supernatural" healing? Perhaps it's time to rethink this. All healing is found in Jesus. Regardless of its method, all healing is miraculous. There is not one road to healing that does not involve Him. The scientific community is unable to heal apart from His authority.
By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. (Hebrews 11:7)
Our circumstances have nothing to do with the outcome. Our perspective determines the end result.
Serving is the breath of God that brings to life that bones of truth. Knowledge alone doesn't have the power to bring change until the breath of God is poured out in service.
Creating an environment where you can hear God (I Sam 3): 1) Serve. Maximize your time in His presence. 2) Master thanksgiving. 3) Respond. 4) Receive wise counsel.
In order to gain maturity, diligently measure the fruit of your life according to Jesus, the standard. When the thing you are manifesting accurately reveals who Jesus is, multiply it!
When the spirit of man is at work, groupthink results. But when a group of people freely make creative, unique, harmonic expressions of Jesus, the Spirit of the Lord is in the middle of them.
Prayer changes me. When we purposefully and constistently pray, we see accurately the world around us. When we are not in a heart posture of consistent prayer, we don't see those in authority and the world around us accurately. We see from our perspective: our offenses, frustrations, justifications, and excuses. But when we entreat the Lord--when we pray--our eyes clear.
You don't really know something until Jesus is on the scene. Lift Jesus up. Get His perspective. Lifting up Jesus brings revelation and assurance, a true, compelling knowledge that the great I Am indwells us and contains us. Our heart knows Him and is changed, reconfiguring everything our mind understands.
Don't be afraid to dive deep, to fully explore the heart and mind of God. - Ed Owens The culture of Jesus is a place where a child can lead. - Jocelyn Pence
Our gifts are a reflection of Jesus, sourced from heaven. We face the Father and allow Him to reflect Himself through us.
"All around us are problems, opportunities, and responsibilities that are calling for the nature and character of the Father in us. You exist for problems, for opportunity, for responsibility!
If I only take on the small problems, opportunities, and responsibilities, the footprint of our Father's nature and character in the earth stays small. We believe in the increase of His Kingdom and government to have no end--so it must constantly grow and increase, growing up into Him who is the head. The whole point of you still breathing air is that you grow into something that sounds like, looks like, and shines like where you came from."
A culture of repentance consists of an ongoing revelation (and perpetual forward motion) toward the goodness of Jesus. He is better than we dreamed!
Jesus is the gift-giver. He has given Himself to us, poured Himself out upon us. By His Spirit, each of us is given a manifestation of the Spirit for the common good, to benefit not just himself--but all. As we pursue the Lord and ask for His Spirit to be manifest through us, we can trust the Lord is going to do His part. We have the opportunity of partnering--working together--leading to maturity and unity.
When our hearts are open, we let people in, and we let ourselves out. We aren't afraid to show people who we really are. This is evidence of a healthy relationship with God the Father, because we are living at a level of genuine peace about who He made us to be.
The Lord's ability is in your court, as to what you will allow Him to do. What conditions have you placed on His activity in Your life?
How are you doing--how are we doing--as we give attention to our vision this year of Manifest, Measure, Multiply?
Our worship directly impacts our ability to manifest who He is. We manifest what we worship.
The resurrection of Jesus is God's ongoing promise that the end is always health and life. Jesus rising is a commitment from heaven that its going to be good.
Motivation cannot blossom into results without discipline. If you want results you can measure, you will have to be disciplined in some practices you really think you hate.
Also, distilled from Sunday: "Do we have a God to obey, or do we have a Father to be loved by? Obedience does not necessarily come from the heart. It does not automatically produce holy nature within us; it produces holy behavior. So we have ongoing conflict within ourselves: we know the right thing, but do not want to do it.
God is not after our right behavior. He is far more concerned about the reality of what is happening within our hearts. The appearance of holiness is a trick if it is a performance, and not the genuine expression of one who knows they are fully loved by God. Do not measure your identity by what you do. Your value is not based on your behavior. Your value is based on a far more weighty reality: You are wholly loved by God.
A love relationship with Father God causes our hearts to turn in genuine alignment with the thoughts and desires of our His heart. Performance and expectations are the hallmark of one who believes God is disappointed with us. It is inevitable we will fall short. But when we know we are loved by God, our holy identities brilliantly manifest from within us! "
"But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy." - James 3:17 NASB
The things I want to sent my heart or hands to: are they producing the fruit of the Spirit of Wisdom inside of me? When I write these things down--when I imagine my goals with the Lord--when I articulate them, what happens inside of me? Am I stressed, scared, or ready to crawl in a hole? If so, maybe I have good goals, but maybe they are not for right now.
But if my goals produce peace and possibility in my heart that overcome my nerves and equip me for action in the right direction, I can see wisdom's fruit in me.
Examine each goal with the Lord. Is it pure... peace-loving...gentle...reasonable...Is it full of mercy? Is it brand new for today, or am I bringing my past shame, failure or anxiety into this brand-new moment?
Listen in to gain wisdom for a 5-pronged approach to setting personal goals: spiritual, family, work/business/financial, physical health, and mental/emotional health.
Give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and wisdom to develop a life in your light. Let Your kingdom come through each one of us. We will be happy and fulfilled, and the people around us will be blessed.
Your life has purpose and significance. Let your focus be lifted to the higher goal of who God created you to be, a son or daughter of meaning and value.
You never hear it said, “That person is very wise, but they tend to have a lot of anxiety.” Anxiety is perverted imagination. Your true, God-given identity protects you having to live an anxious, worry-filled life.
Wisdom is for all time, It is always available, unoffendable, eternal, joyful, hopeful, optimistic, incredibly creative, always faithful. Wisdom has terrible memory for your failures; all it can see is your possibilities. WIsdom looks at you, sees the incredible raw material, and says, "we can work with that." Wisdom impacts any area of your life, and every area of your life.
Wisdom looks to the past only long enough to find the Lord, laying aside mistakes and the mindsets that caused them. If you're constantly distracted by the bad things that have happened rather than what is possible, fear is more likely at work in you than wisdom is. Fear finds forward movement scary. Wisdom looks back, fixes our eyes on Him and what He's done, saying "That was awesome! Let's build on it."
Wisdom does not come to the house you have built on a poor foundation and offer to help you fix it. Wisdom says, "Vacate that house. Burn it. Let's begin again." Many of us are in lives that were never originally intended for us, rooted in experiences and influences that caused us to stop short of God's vision. Wisdom looks for the rock of Jesus. Learning through experience is okay; learning from wisdom is holy.
Painful experiences cause us to question God--and He understands this. Questions are good and necessary. ASK JESUS YOUR QUESTIONS. He is Emmanuel--God WITH us. You are not in a void searching blindly for Him; you are already IN His presence. There is nothing apart from Him.
Anything that doesn't align with who He is--the living, complete explanation of God--needs to be deconstructed and restored to His design. Deconstruction of belief apart from consistent encounter with Jesus is the door to apostasy. Jesus is the ultimate, accurate deconstruction.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. (James 3:17)
"The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light." (Gen 1:2-3 NASB)
In the original language, the words "let there be" do not appear. God simply enters the formless void and declares, "Light!" Can you hear His voice, the Father all of Creation? He did it again with Mary in Luke 1:35: "The angel answered and said to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you...'" Again we see God enter an empty void--the womb of a virgin--coming as the Light of the World.
There is no formless void where God isn't present. God is magnetized to dark places, self-made disasters, and valleys of dry bones. Where nothing is expected, the Holy Spirit of God sees a perfect place to begin.
Take time to ask the Lord, "why did I doubt?" Stop piling onto your own condemnation and explore the root of your doubt with Jesus, the healer and restorer of all things.
Certainty is, in some ways, a sin. The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. God has a love affair with ambiguity. He wants us to embrace of the mysteries in our seasons. Mystery is a great gift; God gives us mystery as an antidote to monotony.
I am a living stone when I stay in the full revelation of God the Father and Jesus the son.
- Do not limit yourself to only one source of income.
- Remain open so finances can flow. Finances are currency; money must move.
- Ask and believe.
- If you want to tap into God's economy, don't forget that God is a really good Father.
"Repent; the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" is an encouraging invitation more than a threatening admonition.
There is no way for vengeance and goodness to work within you at the same time. Leave vengeance to the One who owns it.
As our country continues to wrestle with thoughts about abortion and women's rights, the family gathered with a prayerful open heart to share our thoughts.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John. Luke 7:30
Jesus is the Lion of Judah BECAUSE He was the Lamb of God. He mastered being the Lamb, so He was worthy to become the Lion.
Jesus, help us to think about You—and to think about HOW we are thinking about You. Stretch us as you know we need to be, so that we can be as you want us to be: the expression and image of God.
When faithfulness is alive among us, the house of the Lord is built in the heart of man, echoing from generation to generation.
When we take what we experience in the presence of the Father and carry it into our lives, (practicing His way in our homes, families, and communities), we practice building on the Rock.
Anything you create with your own hands, carry in your own strength, and fight endlessly for...anything you have to ram into the faces of others in order for them to accept it: it might be an idol in your heart. The things of honor, that cause people to want to know about them: these things are the evidence of a living God.
If we want to bring change to situations, we must first be willing to allow ourselves to be changed.
To take up our cross is to take up the way of Jesus, including waging war through surrender.
Love wins. It never fails. It is intent on building up, healing, and restoring. When we choose to act in offensive opposition to evil, there is a chance that good things will be destroyed in that confrontation. This does not mean bad or destructive things are not dealt with. No; they are addressed in an entirely different way. The heavenly kingdom does not focus on what is bad or wrong; it focuses on what is good and right.
If you want your way, fight. Remember: where there is a fight, there are walls of defense. But if you want hearts, surrender. Instead of fortifying defenses, you weaken them. Humility dismantles argument and conflict. Jesus' death was a submission, a voluntary offering. When a greater authority voluntarily submits itself to a lower authority, it is not a defeat or a victory, but an entirely different type of warfare. The result is not victory by force, but by love--a conquest of the heart.
Jesus, you are KING of Kings. Be king of our nation, established above those who have been crowned and entrusted with federal, state and local influence. May they be led by the Spirit of God, rising above all corruption and brokenness. Let your will be done in me and in my nation.
God is a God of faith, setting up a culture of choice where He must to trust us to choose well.
The mercy of God is like a searchlight throughout the earth, looking for ways to be good to you.
Come to a position of rest and peace in the Anointed One. Foster a deepening friendship with the Spirit, feeling and sensing and knowing the tender affection and mercy of your Father. When I don't allow my circumstances or environment to impact me in a negative way, but give my whole self to a deep, abiding relationship with the Anointed One, His Spirit brings me to a place of true peace and rest. I can interact with you in harmony, even though we may not share opinions. We interact from a place of rest in Abba Father. This takes strength, courage and a deliberate action. We have a direct, significant impact on the lives of others when we make the decision to operate from a place of His peace and rest in us. We become a relevant influence in the world we live in.
God is within us and with us forever, and we agree with His presence in us! When heavenly agreement is met with our human, earthly agreement, nothing shall be impossible with God! We speak this anew---over your dreams, your family, your parenting, your school, your work, and the plans you have for the future. If you walk with Him and set your life before Him for His perspective, nothing shall be impossible with God.
God is a professional reconciler. He brings unity by recognizing the beauty in the opposites and extremes. Where others see division, God sees the full picture.
It's not about a country or the lines of a nation. It's about a people, a new creation, who say yes to the Lord.
What is your soul bowed down to, such that you are literally mastered by it? We often want to say, "Jesus," but what is the real answer? Here's the good news: we can repent at any moment, redirecting our lives to the true Master of your soul. Money is a training ground to earn how to steward the heart of God in you. Ruling wealth trains us for the true riches of the kingdom of God. If you are able to entertain wealth's presence in your life accurately, you will be trusted with much more important things.
There is no education without a humble, open heart. If we want to learn something, we must divorce ourselves from the knowledge we already have, putting it temporarily aside. Not because it isn't valuable or correct, but because it can block us from what is more to learn.
Building on our recent discussions about faith and wisdom, Mark explores how education - secular, private, religious, technical, etc - is based in faith. Listen in to better understand the connection between what we are convinced of (faith) and what we want people to know (education).
When the root of who we are becomes energized with heavenly light, we don't have to fight culture. We get to BE culture. We sink to a low, unnecessary level when we try to wage war with the things of this world. That was never God's intention. We are made higher than that, called to walk deep in His love into the hearts of humanity. When our light shines before all men, it reaches beyond every need and argument. It pierces to the core of the heart and marks the deepest places within every heart.
Our most-told inward story is what we are most convinced of.
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