We’ve come into a season of KINGDOM ADVANCE! Acceleration is taking place, and this requires greater precision in our pursuit or we can more rapidly deviate from God’s intended pathway for our lives and for our legacy. Foundational truths matter more than we may realize to hold us on course. So, we return to the five foundational truths we know God has given us as a church family to focus on and to grow in together.
Jesus came bringing God’s Kingdom into the world where many kingdoms exist, and this means war!
It’s a wonderful week to celebrate Jesus! Merry Christmas! One couple shared a not so merry Christmas story that somehow speaks of joy!
Futility speaks of exhaustion that results from chronic dissatisfaction of worldly pursuits apart from God. A frustrated existence lacking purpose doesn’t come from being weary of pain. It comes from being weary of pleasure. Futility is exhausting your every dream, and still feeling barren and empty.
Jesus often withdrew to the lonely places to pray. This is totally understandable as he was talking to God His Father. Jesus came as a man to demonstrate a life we should aim for and prayer is certainly an integral part of that life as we are CREATED FOR CONVERSATION. But then we find Jesus risen from the grave and seated at the right hand of the Father continuing to pray as the Bible says he is seating in heaven praying for us (Rom 8:34).
Tracy and I were recently sitting in an airport and a conversation emerged with a man sitting near us. As we began engaging in conversation, I found myself listening to what he said but also listening to what God might want to say to me about him or to him. By the end of our conversation we all agreed it was a divine appointment that God had orchestrated.
The Center for Bible Engagement polled more than 400k people from ages 8-80 examining how often they read their Bibles. Their goal was to discover frequency but they realized they were discovering so much more. They began exploring the different degrees of impact reading your Bible has in your life depending on how often you do so.
When we are children, we are creative. Kids color outside the lines. They create forts in the living room out of chairs and sheets and whatever we can find. When we become adults, we often lose ourselves in “adulting.” Our minds drift to only logical thought processes. We go with the status-quo instead of relying on God to help us think of creative solutions to challenges we face. You are created in the image of a creative God. You are created to be creative!
The government of God is on the shoulders of Jesus; the body of Christ. The body of Christ carries the government of God into the earth! So Jesus is the King of kings! What does that make us? Kings!!! You and I are gifted kings, priests and prophets as the expression of God’s government in the earth.
