January 2012
2 posts
“My good friend Elizabeth Paul put it like this: “I want to invite you into my...”
– Excerpt from a great blog post my friend David Walker wrote recently on discipleship.
December 2011
2 posts
His Words Set the Standard...
Matthew 7:24-27
Every word He speaks to you personally is an invitation to a greater reality that will remain true forever; however, it’s our responsibility to accept the invitation. Hold fast to the Words, Prophecies, and Promises the Lord speaks over you because they’re the most concrete, forever remaining, unshakeable truths in your life.
Every identity that’s a reality in...
Interjection...
1 John 4:20
- “You can’t claim a reality in the unseen world that cannot be proven in the visible world.”
- “If you say you have a relationship with God, but it’s not manifested in how you treat people then you’re lying. You’re living under an illusion because that (Heaven’s Reality) must be expressed here (on Earth).” - Bill Johnson
- How...
November 2011
4 posts
God's Process Is What You Need →
The Kingdom = Family & Power →
“So repeat after me. When I was born again, God gave me the ability to hear His...”
– Bill Johnson on Hearing God’s Voice…
“Confidence is driven by what it can give. Arrogance is motivated by what it can...”
– Eric Johnson
October 2011
7 posts
“Rest allows you to live so much in the presence of God, in the peace of God, in...”
– The Practice of Rest by Graham Cooke
“In your history with the Lord, pay attention to what He says through the Word...”
– Bill Johnson
“Holiness is the beauty and wonder of God’s nature on a person.”
– Bill Johnson
“The Lord wants us to go from coming to church to becoming the Church.”
– Kris Vallotton
“The moment you leave the concept of family, you leave the concept of Kingdom!”
– Bill Johnson
The Hour - Lee McDerment →
A beautiful album that is a must have for your quiet/devotional/intimate times with the Father.
“Being aware of the Holy Spirit (His presence within you) causes you to respond...”
September 2011
8 posts
“Both David and Isaiah prayed ‘Lord, rend the heavens and come down’ (Psalm...”
– REINHARD BONNKE
“It’s our job to love people. It’s the Holy Spirit’s job to...”
“If you can’t rejoice over a headache that goes away, you can’t be...”
– Bill Johnson
Worship...
I realize in the contemporary, American Christian culture that hundreds of connotations and definitions come with the word “worship,” and though some are not exactly accurate (in my opinion), I am thankful to live in an era and a country where we are free to explore this concept with so many different creative expressions, but I want to go beyond music and arts and focus on (what I...
“Obedience and faithfulness exemplify precisely where our true love and trust are...”
“Jesus never had a problem with demons. He cast ‘em out. He never had a...”
– Larry Randolph’s teaching on Religious Culture vs Kingdom Culture
“The will of God is my home. I dwell in it. And although I constantly travel the...”
– REINHARD BONNKE
“You cannot become what you have not allowed God to be to you.”
– 1 John 4:19
August 2011
2 posts
“Pentecost! What is it? It is what began when Jesus ascended through the gates of...”
– REINHARD BONNKE
“Let us become more aware of Your presence!
Let us experience the glory of Your...”
– Holy Spirit by Bryan & Katie Torwalt
July 2011
1 post
From Milk to Meat...
I have always loved learning new things, especially when it’s about something I find rather fascinating. For example, I think I could watch documentaries on the deepest places of the ocean for hours. In the same respect, the more my relationship with the Father matures, the more I enjoy studying scripture. It’s amazing to me that you could probably camp out in one book of the Bible for...
June 2011
2 posts
“The tendency to embrace the concept of God being an angry Father is done in...”
– Bill Johnson
May 2011
2 posts
Repeat After Me...
It’s vital that we see ourselves as the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit see us so that we can align ourselves accordingly with Their will for our lives.
Now, I know for those who are holding onto a bit of a religious mentality will have a hard time with this because you’re more concerned about not being prideful than you are with becoming who God intended. (I am more than happy to...
April 2011
3 posts
“You can drive people into the Kingdom with fear, but you can’t keep them...”
– Kris Vallotton
“Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every...”
– Galatians 5:25
“Forgiveness that is etched in grace creates a lifestyle of loving that is...”
– Graham Cooke
March 2011
5 posts
“Once we’ve experienced the supernatural provision of the Lord we lose the...”
– Bill Johnson Facebook Page
“Worship cultivates the soil of your heart so that the Word of God can take root...”
– Rod Reid Victory Christian Fellowship
Armor...
One of my favorite phrases is: “Jesus is perfect theology,” and the more I read and study scripture, the more I find out just how wonderfully true this is. Here’s something fun the Holy Spirit showed me recently…
Our Spiritual Armor in Ephesians 6:10-17 is Jesus. Each piece of armor describes a characteristic of Him: - The Belt of Truth: 2 John; John 14:6; Ephesians 4:21 ...
“If somebody taught you that sinning is the normal Christian life than...”
– Romans 5-7 Kris Vallotton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTnA_YEa84
Weapons of Warfare...
God’s been showing me so much recently in Psalm 23, and my favorite verse right now is five. It’s this amazingly beautiful picture of intimacy and establishment. Like God is saying, “Let all take note, especially your enemies, to whom you belong and to whom you’re seated with.” When you’re at the table with someone, your focus is ON THEM, not what’s going...
February 2011
2 posts
Squashing Bugs...
I had the amazing honor of speaking at Presbyterian College’s FCA last Wednesday. The main thought I was conveying was about keeping Jesus at the forefront of your focus, and appropriately enough it spilled over into a tangent that begin with “I want to squash a bug real quick.”
I proceeded to exaggerate the best I could the goodness of God and with Jesus being our main focus...
“You’re an aspect of the heart of God that will never exist again. You are...”
January 2011
4 posts
Tone...
I believe the thing most misrepresented by us pastors, teachers, and “Christians” is the tone of Jesus and His teachings which, consequentially, misrepresents the heart of God. The definition of the word “disciple” used by Jesus quite literally means “to mimic”. If we are to choose to truly be mimics of Jesus (the heart of God), we must learn (just as the 12...
Grander...
We often forget that God lives outside of our “bubble”. We MUST have the same mindset towards the Father that Jesus modeled. Otherwise, we will spend most of our time trying to fit God into our plans instead of our lives into His overwhelming beautiful, love drenched plan. He is grander than our comprehension allows, and as Graham Cooke says, “You are so much bigger than...
Dwelling...
Came across this verse a couple of nights ago and it literally shook me.
“Father to the fatherless, defender of the widows—this is God, whose dwelling is holy.” (Psalm 68:5)
Because of Jesus, the very spirit of God dwells within me.
Selah.
““Success in the gospel creates Christian activity, and it’s...”
– First quote by Bill Johnson. Second quote is from Matthew 5:3.
December 2010
1 post
“You never want to confuse the purpose or motivation with the bi-product or the...”
– Bill Johnson
November 2010
3 posts
“Revelation is not the product of laborious study, but it is the fruit of...”
– Kris Vallotton
“Because of your incredible, individual uniqueness, God loves you in a way that...”
“The renewed mind is how we function in the anointing. The mind is either renewed...”
– Bill Johnson
October 2010
3 posts
“THROW YA HANDS UP”
A few people have...
From One to Another...
Dear Worship Leaders and Worship Pastors,
The way we lead worship should send the hearts of our congregation on a collision course with the heart of God, and if lives aren’t being changed DURING worship, it’s re-evaluation time.
Good music alone never saved anyone, set anyone free of addiction, restored hope to a dying heart, or healed anyone of cancer. No, only an encounter with a...