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At Arise Birmingham we desire to create an environment where every person will be... KNOWN for who you are. INVITED into the presence of God. EMBRACED into a culture of family. CELEBRATED for your value as an individual. ENCOURAGED with words of life and healing. EMPOWERED to experience the freedom of victory. RELEASED to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom wherever you go.
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Altars are places of consecration where we bring a sacrifice that makes a declaration about what we believe. Consecration is the foundation of declaration. Consecration is partnership. Without consecration, we approach God as if He performs for us. With consecration, our declarations come from relationship. His strength is our strength. His help is ever-present working for us to turn every defeat into victory.
Our prayer life is the walking out of our relationship with God. We must prioritize communion and fellowship with God through prayer in an ever-continual fellowship that cultivates the presence of God in our lives every moment of every day.
Altars are consecrated places where we bring a sacrifice that makes a declaration about what we believe.
There's a new realm of God's glory to be touched for those who are willing to be undignified before Him. There's a new work to be done and mandate of fire to come alive in for those who are ready to be who you are called to be.
Start acting like you've been raised from the dead with Christ. Open your Bibles and burn with passion and truth. Open the altars and pour out your fragrance of praise upon Jesus, the only One who is worthy.
Living from a place of hope in the Lord will change your life! There is immorality in the world. There are problems, issues, and many things taking place that don't line up with God's Word. It's important to remember we were born for such a time as this. Hope is the belief that our future is going to be greater than our present because God is so good. Hope is the expectation of great, mighty, powerful things in God every day. When we live from hope, it partners with God to impact the world around us and it changes the way we see life, respond to circumstances, and live our everyday lives! A life of hope in God is powerful! It's time to rise up and hope like never before!
Practicing Gratitude leads to a more healthy environment--physically, emotionally, mentality, and spiritually. Biblical gratitude involves three elements: 1) Humility - casting our successes before Him acknowledging everything we have and everything we've done comes from God. 2) Confession - laying our failures before God acknowledging His great love and forgiveness. 3) Expectation - bringing our emptiness to God in anticipation of being filled with His provision.
As sons and daughters of God we have the privilege to build an eternal legacy for His Kingdom that will impact generations to come. Building legacy requires posturing our hearts in humility, living with bold faith, and working and resting within the boundaries God has given us through Sabbath to keep us whole and for a legacy that will be sustained..
We have to know the difference between the wilderness experiences we are led into by the Holy Spirit and those that we choose on our own. One is for us and one is not.
Our wilderness experiences where we are led by the Holy Spirit are not places of lack. They are always meant to become a place of abundance—a place that provides for us, prepares us, and promotes us.
The book of Proverbs is not meant to simply be read, but to be lived in a living relationship with Jesus Christ, who is wisdom. In this message we look at the Scriptures to see the contrast between a foolish person and a wise person so that we can ask the question, "What is God saying to me about growing into a wise and prudent person?"
At the close of this message we partake in communion together. If so lead, have your communion elements prepared and partake from wherever you are.
Jesus is calling out to you and inviting you to grow and emerge into a wise man or woman and there is no one like Him. He takes even our foolish mistakes and weaves them into our lives in a way that turns it to good for our future.
God acts and we act! When we GO, you can rest assured that He goes with us to plant seeds and change lives! Listen to these incredible testimonies of God working through His people to impact the world!
The harvest is ever so plentiful. So much has happened over the past 3 years. It might look like the devil is winning from time to time, but the reality is that Jesus has already won the victory! The devil hasn't learned! The result of what has happened over the past years is a harvest field full of people who are hurting, in need, open, vulnerable, and ultimately hungry for Jesus and His salvation. All that's left is for us as believers to GO into the fields and shine bright for Him! Church, it's time to Arise and Shine! The world is waiting in eager expectation for sons and daughters to manifest Him!
Rest in the Kingdom of God is not the absence of work. It's remembering Who we are working with. It's not rest from work. It's rest in the work of the LORD. God is an eternal God. He thinks in terms of generations and nations. But the Name He chose for us to know Him by is “I AM.” To us, He is the God of the moment we are in, and when we stop in the moment and encounter Him, He does eternal things.
Heaven has dreams of destiny for the people of God and for our great nation that have yet to be fulfilled. In this gathering we enter into intercession over our state and nation as we celebrate the victory of the Lord. Tune into Heaven and hear the holy roar of righteousness, transformation, and breakthrough that is coming forth!
Living with an awareness of the Holy Spirit is the key to an effective, powerful Christian Life! He is the River of Living Water within us, flowing out of us to transform the world around us. He's the river that will never run dry nor ever run out. There's always more! When we remain thirsty for more and aware of Him on a daily basis, our cup overflows and we impact our city and our world in powerful ways.
A wilderness of shaking has tested, prepared, and matured God's people for a new level of His glory that is upon us. There are coming promises that have not been forgotten. A wedding joy is being poured out that will not be stolen. Do not brush the dust from the desert off. Wear it and remember it, for it is becoming the dust of one marked for glory.
When God decides to move, He moves. We, as His people, get to position ourselves in alignment with His Words, to receive upgrades and promotions, invitations to come closer into His Presence, and opportunities to live what we believe, as we steward the moment we are in into a new chapter of abundance.
The temptations of Jesus after His baptism is Him showing us the maturation process of what it looks like to steward the authority of a Son in the kingdom of God. With this identity comes power, but that power must be always be demonstrated from the heart of a son who has the Father's Will and the Family's freedom in mind.
In this season we are in as the body of Christ, there is a call to maturity. It's time to make a decision to prioritize what God prioritizes and give Him what's His. There has been a much-needed focus on identity in the church over the past decade, but now that you know who you are, are you ready to mature? Are you ready to fix yourself on a greater glory by surrendering to His majesty?
If we're not on fire, burning for Jesus, God would actually rather us be cold or freezing than lukewarm. The enemy would love nothing more than for you as a Christian to live a comfortable, casual, lukewarm life, no good for you or anyone else around you. It's time to decide what side of the fence you want to be on. Life in the in-between results in flippancy, shenanigans, and a life of compromise. Jesus did not pay the highest price for us to live in a lukewarm boat. He invites us to walk on the water with Him, to burn, to be light, and build His Kingdom on the earth!
In the last moments of His life, Jesus chose to show His disciples the full measure of His love. As He did, He empowered them into a new dominion, equipped to love one another as He had just demonstrated loving them.
In Psalm 46:4 it says, "there is a river whose streams make glad the city of God..." This river from the Holy One is permeating with joy unspeakable and it's full of glory. The currents of His Presence are inviting us to come up and come in.
If we are going to walk fully in our inheritance as the family of God we have to have great faith, but great faith flows from relationship. It's possible to have faith for something outside of relationship. But relationship requires faithfulness, forgiveness, and submission. These are the things that increase or faith. These are the things that lead us into authentic expressions of who God is. We fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross, despising its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God. (Heb. 12:2)
God is moving all over the earth in such power! And we are the vessels He moves through! Every move of God is because of His grace, by His Spirit, and through His people! A lifestyle of outreach will not only change the lives around you, it will change your life! The Holy Spirit is eager to flow through you to touch, bless, and encounter the people around you!
In this message we take a deeper look at Psalm 2:11 and discover what is manifested in and through us when we "serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling." We are in a mighty season where God is cleansing His house and purifying His people in order to establish "The Reign of His Anointed." Walk in a higher calling and greater authority through the realm of glory that opens up through surrender and serving, you chosen ones of the Lord!
We have access to great wealth in the kingdom of God, but we, as the whole Church, have not yet learned to steward it in purity. We want to be a people with such pure hearts that not only can God trust us with more, but we as a people can actually influence the financial systems of the world in purity without being corrupted by its corruption. Wealth in the kingdom is not measured by what we possess, but by how much we give away.
We have to keep in front of us at all times that The Original Call on our life has never and will never change. And that original call is to preach the Good News to all people. It's who we are and it's what we carry, the Good News that so many are desperate for! We can't separate our daily life from our walk with Jesus! When there's no separation, when there's an awareness of the Holy Spirit, and walking in Faith becomes normal, we'll see the Love and Power of God move through our lives to touch others! A life of Faith allows us to taste, see, and experience so much more that's available in the Kingdom of God!
How do we abide in Jesus, the True Vine, when the world is shaking? We abide in the Word of God and in the family of God.
In such a historic time to be alive with Jesus, we celebrate as a Church the win for righteousness in American and the significant shift that is taking place in the spirit and in the natural realm. Jesus has given His church all authority to bind on earth what is bound in Heaven and to loose on earth what is loosed in Heaven. God wants to partner with us as His Bride to see His kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, and for His church to actively take every mountain of influence in our society, in our states, and in our nation. Be expectant and full of hope for what God will do. A greater glory is coming!
If a nation comes from the womb of a woman, its destiny comes from the heart of a Father. One of the biggest problems in the world is that most men have never had a father lay hands on them and tell them who they are.
In this teaching and exhortative, challenging message, men and women will discover the God-given nature and calling of a man and father.
The Lord God is searching for and calling forth real men in such an hour as this that will stand firm on His truth and take their place in our homes, churches, places of influence, cities, and nations. To move from being weeping willows to oaks of righteousness who lead, protect, and become prophets of destiny to generations.
The Kingdom of God has come close. God is easily accessible! His love, grace, freedom, and healing power is available through the Spirit! You don't have to beg or plead with God to come. He's here. His Spirit is moving in power and we get to be the ones He moves through! When we live by and step out in faith, we lay hold of the power that's available and we see the Kingdom of God that has come close demonstrated to the world around us! God is on the move and when we move with Him, we see His power move through us to change the lives around us!
Jesus said once the Spirit comes, we will no longer need to look at outside sources for living water. We will no longer have to wait for the waters to be stirred up as a sign that God is moving. We will no longer have to wait around for something to happen in our circumstances to make us feel whole. We have the Living Water inside of us. It connects us to the river that flows from the throne of God. We are the Living Water in a dry and thirsty land, because we are carriers of the Spirit of the Living God.
The multitudes came on Pentecost because of a sound from Heaven. The anointing of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is upon the purified church and there is a heavenly ordained sound coming forth from the people of God in this hour that changes the atmosphere. This sound from Mount Zion into the earth shakes people, families, cities, and nations. It's a celebration sound that is undignified and holy. It's time to release it.
The main thing that keeps us from our purpose for being alive, Jesus, and the responsibility we have to not keep Him to ourself, is the fear of man. When it comes to living out the gospel, we tend to be afraid of what people might think or what they might say or do. So we just end up not doing anything and settling for a reasonable life. We were created for more, the extraordinary life! Fear is just a feeling that comes from the enemy because he sees us as a threat! When we obey God's voice rather than our feelings we begin to see His perfect love cast out all fear and the Kingdom of God become manifested through out life!
Two very different people with two very different circumstances found themselves in desperation at the feet of Jesus in Mark 5. One laid hold of His power and the other held onto Him when hearing bad news. They both received a greater miracle than the one they sought.
You are believers. Don't let anyone else change your opinion of who you are and what you can do. You have a role to play in the Kingdom of God advancing on the earth. You have been given permission to ask for anything you need to commit to the path forward and see the glory of God on the earth.
In order for there to be a Resurrection there had to be a Crucifixion. The ultimate price had to be paid by Jesus. But in order for there to be a Crucifixion there had to be a Resurrection! If Jesus wasn't raised from the dead then what He did on the cross was done in vain! The Crucifixion and Resurrection is the full gospel! The blood of Jesus was shed to forgive our sins, renew our mind, and heal our bodies! Three days later He resurrected so that what He accomplished on the cross was not something we just know and will never be able to achieve. It's something we believe and get to receive! Jesus is here right now ready to meet you where you are and change you from the inside out!
Jesus entered Jerusalem, the City of Peace, during His triumphal entry as the Prince of Peace on whose shoulders rested the Government of Peace amidst shouts of Peace, but He broke down sobbing because they didn't know peace. Peace was a place, an external condition, but King Jesus made it an internal power. He didn't need a place to reign from, He wanted a people He could reign with. We are His peacemakers enforcing His peace on the earth.
The Fear of the Lord is returning to His Church. In this message we open up the Scriptures of promise for your life that are associated with the fear of the Lord and see that it is a key to the pouring out of the full measure of the Spirit of God. It can't be received through the laying on of hands but through making a choice to set yourself apart in His holy fire. May you walk in holy reverence and humble admiration before the Lord God Almighty.
Jesus is not looking for members of a church, a title, a status, how much you know, or what you know. He's looking for disciples, believers that are completely surrendered to Him and whose goal is to become like Him! When God is first, Jesus is the goal, and seeking first the Kingdom is our priority, we begin to experience every area of our life the way God designed.
There is a frequency from Heaven that we have access to as believers and we have the technology within us, Jesus, to tune into this frequency and hear what The Holy Spirit is saying. In this message, you will discover three keys that will help you tune in and know what The Holy Spirit is speaking, guiding you in, and releasing. May you enter into a new realm and tap into a new frequency of communication and open flow with The Holy Spirit.
The battle is not against the enemy, sin, or the storm that's happening around us. The battle is against whether or not we will wake up every day and fully surrender our life to Jesus Christ! In the midst of any trial, our perseverance, surrender, and hot pursuit of Jesus allows God to work, move, reveal, and heal. And the result is us becoming mature, complete, and looking more like Christ! Jesus is the goal, the dream! This is an All-Out Surrender kind of moment we're in as believers!
Those who wait on the Lord, who intertwine their lives with Him will possess unfailing, ever-increasing strength. They will rise higher, run fast, and walk more powerfully especially in difficult times.
In a season when the place of your tent is being enlarged (Is. 54:2), there is a stretching that requires a strengthening of your heart. In this message that checks in on your heart, you are invited into a place of honesty before the Lord as you let go, breathe, and rest in His heart for you.
The harvest is plentiful and God is longing for all believers to be a laborer in the field. This is not an option. It's who we are, what we were born for, a lifestyle of sharing Jesus with the world. We all love the idea of the world being changed, but we must realize that we're the vessels that God changes the world through. Every believer is qualified and equipped by the power of Holy Spirit to impact people in everyday life! When you begin to live a lifestyle of outreach, it will not only change the lives around you, it will change you!
We've launched Arise Global--hands-on opportunities in the harvest field to be the hands and feet of Jesus through prayer, giving, food ministry, evangelism training, and outreach to our city! Join us! Let's run with Jesus to be a soul winner!
The signs of the glory of God inhabiting a place are an increase in our ability to see, an increase in purity, and an increase in maturity. We move from a need to be seen to a desire to see. We move from thinking about what makes us look good to thinking about what makes Him look good. We move from the rise of individual superstars to a rise of the whole house of God.
An invitation to breathe in the way, the truth, and the life of Yeshua, accompanied by an activation to be caught up in the ascending flame of Yahweh's love.
We have a part to play in stewardship of words from God for our lives. There is an invitation from the Lord to agree with His word and say "be it unto me" as Mary did. We can have hope that even if we don't see fruit for a word we've prayed for, that God is faithful to His word and He tells stories over generations and generations.
God never intended our Christian life to be an up hill battle, struggling in and out of sin. Grace not only forgives us, it empowers us to live a righteous life! We have the power of Holy Spirit to be more than a conqueror! When we know who he says we are and He's the One we pursue, it changes everything we do.
This is a time for the voice of the House of the Son to be heard, to become a greater force against the gates of hell. We are learning to purely hear the voice of our King and distinguish His voice from counterfeits. We are removing "deception targets" from our minds and are focusing on Christ crucified. If it is not Christ crucified, it is no gospel at all.
God is raising up stewards of the House who will carry the keys to unlock the resources of the House of the King. They will represent the House when they speak and build the legacy of the Family rather than monuments to their own name.
Jacob laid his head upon a rock in a promised land where he had an encounter in the gate of Heaven. As we begin this divinely appointed year, there is an invitation to rest upon the one true Rock of your Salvation and enter in. For surely the Lord is in this place and He is speaking into your destiny and legacy.
The birth of Jesus was unlike any other. It was so dramatic and powerful for the reason He was born and even the way He was born. His birth impacted our world forever. He was the light and life that all mankind was longing for and the way He was born revealed the nature of who God is. The virgin birth reveals the God of the impossible, of power, and of breakthrough! And because that is who God is and we are His children, this is what God invites us to experience on a daily basis! He's a God of action and He's in the life-changing business! It's time to stir up the anticipation for powerful things to take place in us and through us everyday!
Jesus as God being born as a man is the greatest miracle ever accomplished. The greatest miracle is how infinite glory contained Himself in limited flesh, how the omnipresent One restrained Himself to one place, how the eternal One entered time, how the all-powerful One embraced our weaknesses, and how the all-knowing One subjected Himself to the one thing He couldn’t know—the temptation and opposition we face with the limitations of being one of us.
His Presence is the greatest gift we've ever been given. He didn't just come to be here. He came to be with us. So that He could say, “I AM with you” and it not just be a fact, but a shared experience, a knowing, a relationship, a partnership, a friendship. So that He is not just our deliverer but our comforter as well.
The Kingdom of God is not made up of individuals. It's made up of a family. The Kingdom will not be advanced by an individual effort. It will be advanced by a Family. We need one another. We are all powerful parts that make up the body and together we manifest the head, Jesus Christ! The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit establish throughout the Bible that this is a family business. Inside Kingdom Family you no longer see the people around you as individuals. You see them as brothers and sisters that Jesus gave His life for and that changes everything. Kingdom family celebrates, loves unconditionally, and empowers one another towards the heart of God.
"There is a divine mystery—a secret surprise that has been concealed from the world for generations, but now it’s being revealed, unfolded and manifested for every holy believer to experience. Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it!" -Colossians 1:26-27 TPT
Yvonne Rudolph shares revelation on the mystery of what it means for Christ to live within us and how it changes everything. It is the hope of glory.
The spirit of celebration and worship is coming upon the people of God in this season and into your heart like fire as foundations are being shaken, prison doors are opening, and chains are breaking loose. Lift your songs of praise to God. We are the Church and we carry breakthrough!
Jesus came into the world to reveal Himself as king, but the people rejected Him as king because He wasn't the Deliverer they wanted. We face decisions every day where we can choose to see the Kingship of Jesus or reject Him because He's not the Deliverer we want. But He is the Deliverer we need!
The Kingship of Jesus brings us into continuing realms of glory, of seeing Him, of seeing His worth, of seeing His Kingdom, of seeing His power. If we are always dictating the terms of our own deliverance, if we already think we have all the answers—we are missing out on going from glory to glory, of constantly seeing more and more of Him, of constantly growing in our knowledge of Him, of constantly becoming more and more like Him. This is the deliverance we need.
The revelation of Christ in us changes everything! The way we live our life looks different than the rest of the world. We're not blending in. We're taking a stand with the man, Jesus, experiencing His kingdom and releasing it everywhere we go. Our faith is elevated when it comes to being a witness because Jesus is the one changing lives and we're the vessel He does it through. The pressure is off and the pleasure of being one with Him changes the way we witness! Christ in us allows us to never be outside of God's will! His will is not something but Someone. We're waiting on God to tell us what His will is for our lives, but He wants to show us His will as we surrender our everything to Jesus and partner with Him on a daily basis!
Holy surrender and humble reverence in purity before the Lord God Almighty is returning to the Bride of Christ. As we make a decision to go from glory to glory through the fear of the Lord, it is shown first and foremost by the place God occupies in our life. Faith in God is foundational and vital but do we also fear Him? It's a gateway and its a greater realm of God's glory to access when you begin to walk in the Fear of the Lord.
Jesus came to die on the cross to not only save us but possess us! The revelation of Christ in us changes everything! If your life doesn't look any different than the world around you then the revelation of Christ in you hasn't hit your heart yet. We carry the Savior of the World, resurrection life, power, love, and hope into every room we enter because we are the room Jesus dwells in! And we can know that Jesus lives in us but if we're not completely surrendered to Him it doesn't change anything. It's time to be sold out. All in for Him! He can't just be another option on the list. He must become our only option, the one that matters the most so we can step into and experience who we really are. It's no longer we who live, but He that lives in us.
Perfect unity begins in heaven in the relationship between the Father and the Son and the Spirit. It’s a unity where we become so one with the Spirit who is in unity with Jesus who is in unity with the Father that we walk in unity with heaven with every step. But it’s also a unity with one another where we don’t just operate in this unity with God as individuals, but as a family.
Following the example of Jesus, we think in terms of multiplication rather than equality, knowing that together we can have a greater impact on the world.
Learning what it means to be a disciple is practicing one's salvation every day, being aware of the attachment that we have been given in the Trinity though Jesus, and how our character is changed through our mutual mindset with Holy Spirit and healthy attachments with other disciples. It is in our union with Jesus that we are able to be restored, healed, and transformed spirit, soul, and body.
If you're waiting on a move of God or for Him to unfold His plan on how He will help the world in the state that it's in, wait no more! You are God's plan to bring redemption to the world. Christ in you is the Hope of Glory for the world around you. When Jesus becomes your purpose for being alive that's when you come alive because you were born to change the world! The blood of Jesus qualifies you to be used by God, Holy Spirit makes you ready to be used by God, and it's all driven by a love and compassion towards the precious people you're around every day. The harvest is full of people hungry for an encounter with Jesus that lives in you. What a privilege to be a walking encounter waiting to happen everywhere you go!
Jesus redefined the place where heaven meets earth. In the Old Covenant, that was in one place—the Temple. In the New Covenant the place where heaven meets earth would be in us. Our bodies would become the new Temple. God would now dwell within us. We would now be the place where heaven meets earth. Every decision we make and every action we take should look like heaven coming to earth.
You have an assignment from heaven that will shake mountains when you align with it. In this launching message of the Arise Global vision at Arise Birmingham we look at the seven mountains of influence as framework for how we occupy high places of influence, reform nations, and advance the kingdom of heaven in such a significant time as this. The Ekklesia of God is being called to birth a new era of God's glory on the earth as we go into all the world with great courage, heaven's wisdom, and spiritual authority. A new fire is being poured out of Zion for God's people and the light of glory has risen upon you!
Evangelism is easier than you think it is. One, because it's not about you. It's about the Spirit in you and love for the people around you. Two, because people are so desperate for an encounter with the love of God. Fish are jumping in the boat. People are looking for Jesus and headed towards the cross whether they realize it or not. When we become a vessel for the Spirit to move through, we begin to see how exciting, powerful, and rewarding it is to see lives changed! It's our purpose! Testimonies in the harvest field build faith and remind us that Jesus is always available and the Spirit is always eager to move through us to impact the world around us!
In this message we discuss Arise's vision for our prophetic ministry, the differences between the office of the prophet and the gift of prophesy, and the new wave of the prophetic we see happening in the Church in our generation.
The Harvest & Holy Spirit go hand in hand. People are desperate right now for an encounter with God! The Harvest is plentiful & Holy Spirit is the key to bringing in the Harvest. When we step out in faith, the Spirit moves & meets their desperation & the result is powerful! We as the church have been called to set the tone in our culture. The culture is not supposed to influence us. We are supposed to influence the culture. Now is not the time to run and hide. It's time to arise and shine! Now is not the time to play it safe. The safest place to be is on the front lines with God & the safest thing we can do is partner with Him to push His Kingdom forward!
Look into the eyes of love and let Jesus tell you what you're worth and you will be healed. There is no barrier He will not break through to show you His love and value for you. You belong inside the beautiful gate and you have not found yourself at the well in the heat of the day by coincidence. His healing river and living water is flowing for you.
Occupy is when our outward environment looks like an inward environment that is in perfect unity with the Spirit who is in perfect unity with Jesus who is in perfect unity with the Father. If we are going to occupy our inheritance, we must first be occupied by God. When our inward environment is in unity with heaven so that we hear His voice in the gentle whisper, we are not as easily moved by the storm of circumstances.
Jesus wants to Lord from within us through an intimate, personal relationship. He's not a law, religion, or a philosophy. He's a Person to fall in love with. Christianity can't be reduced to do things for Him. It's about being in love with Him and the overflow is watching His love be made manifest through our daily lives! A key to a love relationship with Him is always being hungry for more of Him. The most important part of our life is intimacy with Him in the secret place and that sets us up for a powerful life in the public place. So that it's not about what we do but who we are in Him.
In this activating message on the Joy of the Lord, may you be refreshed, healed, strengthened, and set free in the fullness of joy that's in His Presence!
Perfect unity begins in heaven in the relationship between the Father and the Son. It’s a unity where we become so one with Jesus what we are in unity with Him with every step as He is in unity with the Father. But it’s also a unity with one another where we don’t just operate in this unity with God as individuals, but as a family.
We can’t have true unity in our relationships on the earth unless it begins in that relationship. Any kind of unity on earth where we have to withhold from our relationship with God and operate outside of the counsel of the Holy Spirit, the standard of Jesus, or the Word of the Father is counterfeit unity and will produce no lasting fruit.
We tend to put such an emphasis on doing something for Jesus as Christians. But what if it's more about being in love with Him? And the overflow of being in love is watching His love manifest everywhere we go! In this love relationship, Jesus not only wants to save us and be our Savior, He wants to be our Lord and lord from within us. Salvation makes the Kingdom at hand possible. Lordship makes it a reality. When we allow Jesus to be our Lord, leader, and master, it changes the way we live our lives and the result is Heaven invading on a daily basis in every area of our life!
How does our faith prove genuine in the midst a world that presents us with hardships? Our understanding of the economy of the Kingdom of God provides insight into what's available for us when presented with difficult circumstances and difficult people. The seed of God's belief in us produces an abundant harvest when we allow it to grow and produce fruit in the soil of our hearts. We are more powerful than we know.
When Fathers are in their place, there is no need to fear for a generation's safety, well-being, and future. Put on the king's mantle, mighty men of God, and be who you were born to be in this urgent, unchartered time of great Glory.
Jesus living in us changes everything! It's not just about following Him, we get to become like Him! We get to represent Him to a world that's in need of Him everywhere we go! And pursuing Him, becoming like Him, and representing Him is not done as individuals. It's done as family! We need Jesus & we need other. The Kingdom of God is not made up of individuals, it's made up of a family. This is a family business God started from the very beginning with the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. Together as a family we advance His Kingdom!
What do we do when we find ourselves without strength, in a condition of disadvantage, or operating at limited capacity?
The political spirit works to create a version of who we are based on fear. The religious spirit works to present an image of God to us who is unwilling or unable to rescue us. These voices steal our strength and leave us feeling powerless to change our circumstances.
Jesus confronted this condition by reminding people who they were and that no matter who holds the earthly power, they still had access to the powerful promises of God.
We can't do our own thing and just add Jesus to our life. He IS our life! And because He lives in us, we're not just following Him, we get to become like Him. The same authority, power, and love that He walked in, we've received and now get to walk in. It's not okay to just be okay and hope everything works out for people. The world needs liberation, restoration, and ultimately salvation! We have what the world is in search of--Jesus! It's time to walk, talk, and live in such a way that people encounter Him everywhere we go!
A Pentecost Sunday conversation from a Biblical perspective about the nation of Israel. Receive greater understanding of God's heart for Israel and a fresh fire from heaven as we continue to move from glory to glory.
Learning the language of a son gives us access to the inheritance of our Father. Learning the language of a bride increases the harvest because then we've learned how to love. Operating in "self-mode"--self-sufficiency, self-preservation, self-seeking--robs us of the gift of partnership. Partnership multiplies the harvest.
Be blessed and filled with the wine of the Spirit through this word of joyful expectation as a new era of God's glory is birthed. Keep pushing. Keep praising. The crown of glory is in sight. You've stayed on your assignment and kept the faith when you couldn't see. Now you will see the miracle of God Almighty. The best is ahead for the church in America. The best is ahead for your life. He has saved the finest and best wine until now!
It's time to believe that God is who He says He is. There's a constant invitation for the body of Christ to walk by faith and not by sight. God is moving all over the earth, the Kingdom is at hand, and He longs to manifest His power through us! We can't settle for a comfortable, reasonable Christian life when we were born for the extraordinary, the powerful, and the miraculous. We're waiting on God to move in our nation yet God is waiting on us to move, to step out in faith, to become the good news, to take hold of the power available through the Spirit, and watch His Kingdom come! It's time to stop self-preserving and become childlike with a Faith that no one can talk us out of!
The size of our harvest is not determined by the seed, but what we do with the seed. If we are going to take back the places of influence from the enemy and allow God to produce His harvest in us, we have to recognize when we are being influenced by him. The influence of the enemy comes as a DENOUNCER who produces DOUBT, a DESTROYER who produces DISAPPOINTMENT, and a DECEIVER who produces DISTRACTION. We are the influencers of the earth, not those who are influenced like the world. The harvest within leads to a harvest in our places of influence.
A remnant can change the battle as the mighty reformers of God begin to occupy the high places of culture and bring the kingdom of heaven to earth. Through this exhortative & challenging word for this hour partnered with a teaching on the seven mountain mandate, you will be commissioned into greater spheres of influence and begin to lead, build, shape, and disciple our cities and nation.
"The entire universe is standing on tiptoe, yearning to see the unveiling of God's glorious sons and daughters!" (Romans 8:19)
We celebrate entering our seventh year as a church where breakthrough becomes follow through. Hear testimonies, prayers, proclamations, and prophetic promises that we all have access to as a family.
The gospel is simple yet the most profound thing you could ever believe and receive. Christ was crucified for you simply because God loves you and the result is a life of real freedom! The Lamb of God came to not only forgive our sins but take them away, just as if they never happened. This is how amazing God's grace is and how powerful the blood of Jesus is! The son has truly set us free so we can be free indeed! Our response to this freedom is to run with a reckless abandonment with the One who set us free--Jesus!
God is calling His Church to live set apart, holy, and obedient lives that bring Him glory so His true power can be released on this earth. We are in a significant moment in history and will occupy new territories with whole hearts devoted unto Him, uncompromising and obedient in every area because He is worth it.
It's time for the church to come into a greater purity in partnering with the economy of heaven and accessing the resources of the kingdom of God. It’s time for the church to break our alignments and agreements with the false power, counterfeit rescues, and compromised influence of the economy of this world. It’s time for the church to take her place of influence in the financial realm in righteousness and according to heaven’s standard of stewarding the resources of the earth.
An apostolic edification partnered with words of knowledge and a prophetic release for this hour.
When you know who you are as sons and daughters of God, you begin to step into the destiny that God has for your life. Being a witness for Jesus is not something you do. It's an overflow of who you are as sons and daughters who are yielded to the heart of God. The lack of evangelism is not a church crisis. It's an identity crisis. When you know who you are, you become a missionary everywhere you go.
The more we allow ours hearts to be purified, the more we see God. Compromise is the opposite of purity. When we compromise, we renegotiate the original, pure promises of God on our lives, trading them for the limited and sometimes harmful promises we can negotiate for ourselves with the gods of the world.
What were the defining moments that lead Gideon to step into his destiny and to lead God's people into victory and freedom? God wants all of you. This is the hour to become a living sacrifice that will not bow to the ways of the world, to give Him what you've got so that He can send His holy sacred flame upon you. God is calling you and anointing you for the time in history you are in right now.
The cross was the ultimate dividing moment in history. When it began, it looked like the greatest loss in history, but it ended as the greatest triumph. Mary of Bethany seemed to be the only one who recognized the opportunity to worship in this significant moment. When she poured out her offering on Jesus, she recognized the worth of Jesus as King regardless of the outcome she wanted and before her eyes witnessed the victory.
So many are saying it's such a dark time in our world. Is it really dark if we are the light of the world? It's time to arise, shine, and run with Jesus to be a soul winner! Darkness is looking for light. People are running to the cross. The lost want to be found. Hearts are longing for Jesus! What an opportunity of a lifetime to put Jesus on display and show them who they're longing for. It's the Church's responsibility to usher in the Kingdom of God! Evangelism is easy, fun, and so rewarding! Sharing the gospel not only impacts the world around you, it impacts you! Living out the great commission is what makes us come alive! Run with Jesus towards people with the saving gospel!
God has not taken His hand off of our nation. He has inaugurated His church to lead this nation as an army of righteous reformers has been built through the shaking. The Church is now awake and has answered the call to ride out onto the battlefield and enforce the victory of the Lord. We will not settle, for we will pioneer. We will not be enslaved, for we will carry the heart of a warrior. We the Church will release His kingdom expansion and begin to celebrate so the world may know that we are heirs to an unshaken kingdom. For we are the glorious and rising Ekklesia of God.
Midnight hour moments reveal what we really believe. Midnight hour praise establishes God's jurisdiction over our lives and in our circumstances, shaking the foundation of that which opposes us and overruling unlawful decrees spoken against us.
I want Jesus to be the most important thing in my life! When He matters the most, the other things that matter begin to come alive. He's the source by which all of life flows through! He does not want to have to fight for first place in our life. When we realize that His Love for us doesn't compare to anything or anyone else and we give him first place, we begin to experience the Life He paid for us to have! He paid the ultimate price for us to have the ultimate life right here and right now! Get off the fence. Be all in, submitted, committed, and sold out to the one who you're not just trying to live for, but who lives for you! The benefit of running with Jesus is the Kingdom and it not only affects you in a powerful way, it impacts the world around you!
A prophetic exhortation, a release of Holy fire, Scriptural challenges, and a word of the Lord for 2021. The major shift has begun and the greatest outpouring of the Spirit of God and His manifest glory the earth has ever seen has been ushered in. Your promise is here. It's time to cross over.
Jesus is the reason for the season! And this is the season where we pause to celebrate that Jesus was born to be crucified so that we could be FULLY ALIVE. His birth was unlike any other. The day He was born, it marked our world for eternity! Truly He was the one true light that all mankind was looking for. The light of the world lives inside of us so we can shine for Him everywhere we go. The light in us gets to be the light through us to change the world around us! Darkness is looking for light. The world is longing for a Savior. Let's burn for Him!
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah is roaring! His sword is drawn and there is fire in His eyes as Yahweh unveils His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations (Isaiah 52:10). Plumb line believers continue to stand strong and rejoice, for what He is doing and is about to do is a cause for celebration! Our victory war path King Jesus is claiming His territory and making everything new!
Are we in a battle or are we in victory? Are we supposed to fight or are we supposed to rest? Are we supposed to be bold or are we supposed to be compassionate? The answer is yes. All of the above. We have been given a position of victory in Jesus, but we are still engaged in a battle. The enemy's agenda is to get us to come out of our position of victory and exhaust ourselves fighting all the wrong battles. He offers counterfeit seats of power to give us the illusion of control, but offers no real victory and no true rest. Staying in our position of victory makes him powerless to defeat us, and keeps us on assignment, advancing what God is doing on the earth.
There's so much to be thankful for this year, beginning with our Father who is so good! Despite any circumstance or situation we are faced with, He remains the same faithful, loving, powerful Father! The enemy is fighting for our thankfulness and ultimately our faith in God through fear, anxiousness, and worry. When we believe that God is who He says He is and HIs goodness is the foundation of our life, no problem looks too big compared to a Father who is so good! Instead of worrying our way through life, we've been invited to live a life that's thankful for who He is, all He's done, and all He will continue to do. We have permission to never doubt His faithfulness again!
God is stirring up the spirit of the remnant of God's people in this hour that will advance and build His house in the midst of the shaking. Who will hold the line? Who will stand and speak in boldness? Who will lay down their own agendas and build God's house in God's way for such a time as this? We will not sit back and watch as satan disciples our nation from the high places any longer. Reformers of righteousness rise up! You can choose to stay back at the camp, but those who go to war will get the spoils of victory.
God is elevating truth right now. He is purifying the church. He is exposing the darkness. He is raising a standard of righteousness. He is solidifying our stand in the truth. And He is rooting us in a deeper love so that we can sustain the harvest that is coming. As He doing this, He is exposing the things that we may have knowingly or unknowingly put our faith in that is not the truth. There are so many voices we have access to in this time. We want to know how we can identify deception and live in the truth, because the world is abandoning the popular in search of the authentic.
We are seeing and we are about to see a mighty harvest! Salvation will sweep the Nation! This election year along with the pandemic has only awakened believers to a harvest that's plentiful and released a light that darkness cannot comprehend! People are hungry for real freedom, real peace, a real relationship, and ultimately salvation that comes through Jesus! We get to manifest Him everywhere we go and see hearts restored, minds renewed, and bodies healed! Jesus gave up His life so that every part of our life could become brand new!
Purified, prepared, and made ready for a lasting and pure burn as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. Ascend the mountain of the Lord, oh burning and consecrated ones!
Heaven's Justice is the verdicts, decisions, and decrees over our life and this world. Who and what we give the place of influence in our lives affects the verdicts, decisions, and decrees that we align and agree with. We have the keys to the kingdom of heaven and the governmental authority to influence our world. We should not be influenced by the world. We should be influencing our world until light overcomes darkness, love casts out fear, and good triumphs over evil.
The Spirit was poured out upon all flesh! Whether man, woman, child, young, old, black, or white, if you have a heart that's beating you are qualified to be used by God to change the world! The Spirit is the divine magnet that attracts everyone to the heart of God! When Evangelism is driven by a love for people, out of the overflow of your heart you'll speak, the Spirit will move, and people will witness the power of God and the finished work of Jesus!
There is a sleeping lion in the heart of every man that God is calling to wake up in this very hour. It's time for mighty men of God to come forth, rise to the challenge, and be a powerful man that protects, commits, and leads.
God created women to have powerful roles on the earth. If we don't know our role and how to identify deception, our power can be destructive. Powerful women don't need to steal their power from men. Powerful women believe in and champion the leadership of men. Powerful women know that submission is power under restraint for the sake of someone else. Powerful women know that submission multiplies our power through partnership. Powerful women refuse to be victims. Powerful women allow their voices to be used to speak life.
What's happening around us in this season is more than just politics. Precious lives are hanging in the balance. We cannot separate Church and State if we truly believe Jesus is the answer! If the Church doesn't have a voice in government then people will begin to listen to the wrong voice. We cannot be silent in this hour! Let's pray & fast in the secret place and take the gospel to the streets in the public place! When our hearts break for the same things that God's heart breaks for, we'll see the harvest field and evangelism will become a normal way of life.
This is a moment for the church to raise the standard of righteousness, stand in the truth, and zero in on the real enemy who is after the next generation. Now more than ever, it's time for the church to speak out and be a powerful voice of protection for our children.
Gatekeepers have governmental authority to protect a city . Jeremy and Melanie share vision for the role of gatekeepers in this strategic moment in history, and the significance of our position at the east gate of Birmingham.
In order for revival to be sustained in the world we must have revival in us. The Great Commission begins with the Great Submission! Everything flows from an intimate relationship with a Father that loves us beyond comprehension! His voice gets to be the loudest in our life and our obedience to Him gets to be the most important thing in our life! Out of the overflow we GO and we love and we lead people to the heart of the Father! Simple obedience changes history! Our Yes to Jesus not only changes us but transforms the world around us!
A challenging release on the importance and power of the church aligning with the kingdom of heaven in this hour. The church holds the key to this nation, standing strong on the truth of His word and seeking a restoration of the fear of the Lord as we bow in Holy reverence before His glory.
Perfect vision is a result of maturing in love. In the body of Christ there is a maturing process where we learn to submit to one another in unity and serve one another. That maturing process is love. The more we allow our motives to be purified by love, the more we become connected to the whole body, and the more clearly we see. Then, as a whole, we more fully represent Jesus to the world around us.
We're in a relationship with a Father who wants to bless His children and we have permission to ask Him to bless us. The blessing is not from a position of entitlement--what we can get from Him and what He can do for us. It's a natural blessing that flows from who He is, who we are, and what Jesus has made available for us on the cross! The blessing we receive is never just for us. It's also for the sake of the world around us. Our blessing is someone else's breakthrough!
Calling the church to come forth in bold righteousness and authoritative joy through the dismantling of lies and a commissioning of fire. It's time to wake up. We will not run. We will not hide. We will arise and shine!
Encountering the majesty of God changes our perspective. He speaks and every argument that comes to our minds can’t make it past our lips because they fall so short of the magnificence of His power and authority. The fears we thought we had melt before His greatness. The desires we imagined would fulfill us seem so small and insignificant in this moment. The problems that we face disappear in the peace of how He fills us with His strength and protection. Surrendering to His majesty changes how we see our world.
Faith is more simple than we think it is. It's not a matter of the mind. It's a matter of the heart. Faith is not something we're trying to understand. It's Someone we believe in. It's not about how big or small our faith is. It's realizing that we have enough. We simply believe that God is who He says He is, step out, and watch the Spirit move in power! God is in the life changing business and He has chosen us to be the one He changes lives through! We were created to move mountains!
With all that's happening in the world around us, we've realized that the harvest really is plentiful. There are people around us hurting, in need, and ultimately looking for a Savior. We've been given the ministry of reconciliation and have the opportunity to become love to the world around us. But as we go, minister, and release His love it must be done from rest! The pressure is off as we rest in the finished work and trust the Spirit to change lives as we GO!
An invitation from Jesus to place His easy yoke upon you, experience the quiet peace of His presence, and establish His rhythms of rest.
True wisdom is revealed by our actions done in humility. Wisdom isn't afraid to listen. Wisdom values understanding. Wisdom speaks when it is beneficial to do so. Wisdom doesn’t feel pressured to win an argument. Wisdom acts in kindness. Wisdom aligns with the agenda of heaven which is to redeem, reconcile, and restore.
Our hope cannot be determined by what's happening around us on the outside. We have hope because we know Who lives on the inside! Hope is the expectation to see great, mighty, and powerful things because we believe that God is Who He says He is. Our hope-filled expectation takes hold of the miraculous and partners with Heaven to see our situation reversed! Hope in the right place is powerful!
What does it look like to wait on the Lord? Waiting on the Lord gives us confidence in our future, strength that remains under pressure, and courage to proclaim, "my heart will not fear," even when surrounded by uncertainty and impossibility.
A practical teaching with three keys to help you tune into the frequency of the Holy Spirit and know what He is speaking.
How to have a heavenly mindset in the middle of the worries of this world which sets us up to reign in life.
Anytime we are faced with a disruption, adversity, or something that wants to instill fear, it's just a thermometer to gauge that God is about to do something powerful! Right now in this unprecedented time God is preparing us, setting us up, and reawakening the church to our purpose and mission for being alive! We weren't created for the reasonable. We were born for the extraordinary!
Shifting from the plagued river of blood to the miracle of wedding wine as we bring the earth into an encounter with the everlasting love and goodness of God that leads to repentance and transformation.
In order for there to be a resurrection there had to be a crucifixion. The cross and the empty tomb go hand in hand. Jesus shed His precious blood to forgive ALL sin, heal ALL sickness, and defeat the enemy once and for ALL! Three days later He arose and His resurrection allows us to experience everything He accomplished on the cross! He's alive which means we can be fully alive!
When we come into the Presence of the King of Glory, the weight of His worth and the weight of His declarations of who He says we are outweighs everything else we have believed. It causes us to empty our hands of the wasteful things we hold onto. It causes us to rise up and stand before Him ready to receive the inheritance He paid a price to give us. Because it is through us that the King of Glory enters our world.
Jeremy & Nedra have a conversation about the invitation from the Lord right now to Be Still, Reset, and Dream.
Jeremy, Wes, and Melanie speak on how to see the time we are in from heaven's perspective.
Fear wants us to react to the problem while heaven is calling us to respond to what God is doing. It's time to not just be set free from fear, but to reign over fear as we remember who we are and be who we are destined to be.
Shame goes way beyond feeling bad about a mistake that we've made. It comes from a variety of sources and attacks the core of who we are with accusations that something is wrong with us and we aren't good enough. Disarming shame is vital to living in the wholeness Jesus paid for and brings us into a new understanding of His forgiveness and love so that we can see the people around us through His eyes.
God is always good and His nature is to bring healing into our lives. The disappointment and problems that we are faced with can't influence us more than what Jesus accomplished on the cross. Our response to disappointment looks like us leaning into the Father, inviting Him in the midst of our situation, and being vulnerable enough to open up our heart to the people around us. We need God and each other!
There is power in a church body that approaches anxiety with vulnerability and honesty. God is kindly helping us identify areas in our spirit, soul, and body that may be depleted. He is causing us to thrive in those areas through practical steps, receiving His supernatural peace, and rejoicing in the midst.
Cultivating vulnerability and removing shame as we take a courageous step into wholeness with practical steps to heal anxiety.
There’s a strengthening that happens by the power of the Spirit for Christ to not just be present in our hearts but to take over. To make our hearts look like His. To make our hearts the center of His activity. To make our hearts reflect His nature. So that our love can be genuine.
Christianity is not cold, it's hot! God invites us into an extraordinary life filled with love, power, and adventure! But it's only through our complete surrender to Jesus that we're able to experience the abundant life. Jesus paid a price for us to not only be forgiven of sin but to overcome it! Our YES to Him is the real freedom we are longing for.
Discovering the master key that moves us from having moments of joy into maintaining a lifestyle of joy.
Introducing an opportunity to connect, engage, and discover at Arise Birmingham as we partner together to build what God is calling us into.