This is the most difficult challenge you will ever face in life if you are serious about Jesus.

It is easy to initiate a relationship with Jesus but this is just the start of a very arduous journey. 

Christianity promotes all the wonderful attributes of life with Jesus but mostly leaves out or minimizes the sacrifice of the Cross. 

The most important goal for a believer is to know Jesus. This is difficult because Jesus does not think or act like you. 

We are self driven people who desire to have a comfortable life and Jesus has no ego, is without sin, and is motivated by unconditional love. The personalities do not mesh and Jesus is not going to change.

You and I have to change if we want to walk with the Living Christ. The change takes place through the efficacy of the Cross. 

The salvation gift is about becoming a new creature in Christ. This means we die to self and are transformed into the character of Jesus. We learn to let go of self sufficiency and live under the power of the resurrected life of Christ. 

We enter into the fellowship of the sufferings of Jesus. The life is characterized by fiery trials, suffering and pain as we are conformed to His death and dealing with the need to let go of our ties to the world.

The Christian life is characterized by unpredictability and controversy following the model of Jesus. It is a roller coaster ride which makes no sense at times.

Jesus desires to give you an abundant life filled with His goodness but He has to come first in your life. This means giving up your independence and right to yourself. We are required to seek the will of God above all else.

Jesus is the way the life and the truth!

If you are someone who does things you don’t want to do this is perfect for you. This law of Jesus will overcome your weak will power.

Jesus has defined the laws in effect concerning sin. He created the law of the Spirit of life in Christ to defeat sin. Jesus did this by sacrificing His life on the Cross. 

If a person makes a decision for Jesus they are sealed with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ. This allows any believer to walk in oneness with Jesus and avoid presumptuous sins. 

Choose to walk under the authority of the Holy Spirit and you will be free of the bondage of sin. You will not be perfect but you can live a life pleasing to Jesus.

Jesus also created the law of sin and death. If a person lives in his natural state at birth and rejects Jesus he will become a prisoner to sin which leads to death. 

Start off each day by committing your works to Jesus and invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life. This will release the thoughts of Jesus to guide your day and protect you from evil or disorder.

Jesus desires to bring His order into your life and enhance your productivity. The believer has the mind of Christ. Jesus desires to speak to you and guide your footsteps and decision making.

Inquire of Jesus before making important decisions. We get into trouble when we make impulsive decisions or operate with the wrong motives.

Pray to Jesus and ask Him to cover you with His blood and show you anything in your life which is grieving the Holy Spirit.

Walk by faith reaching out to Jesus for your every need. Trust the promises of Jesus and not what you see with your eyes!

This is one of the most powerful promises of God and will work for anyone. 

The story is in Psalm 55 and the setting is David hiding in the wilderness from his enemies. The subject is dealing with the oppression caused by the wicked. 

David is overwhelmed with trembling and fear over his enemies.

David cries out to God for a way of escape but realizes God created the mayhem and the attacks of the enemy.

David replied to God it was you a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance who created this adversity.

God has placed the oppression and darkness upon David’s physical and spiritual being. He can identify with the evil feelings and actions of his enemies.

God tells David to cast his burden upon His shoulders and He shall sustain him. God reassures David He will never permit his righteousness to be shaken.

God took down the wall of protection around David. He did this to strengthen David’s faith and show him the greatness of God.

This experience with David is something every believer has to deal with at some time in life. God allows Satan to attack a believer for His purposes.

God will place afflictions on a believer. He will feel the oppression and the darkness. This is the work of intercession which causes a believer to identify with darkness. It can be horrifying and physically exhausting fighting off the darkness.

The next time you encounter a difficult burden turn to our powerful God. Cast your burden upon His shoulders and do not take it back. It now belongs to God and He will bring the victory.

God may not take the burden away immediately but He promises to sustain you with strength, patience and endurance. God promises nothing will shatter your relationship with Him or cause you to be deprived of His righteousness.

Jesus delivers His people!

The Christ follower cannot take Jesus for granted. The promises of Jesus require unyielding faith, listening and obeying the voice of God, and seriously seeking the will of God for your life. Develop the discipline of yielding to the authority of the Holy Spirit and you will hear the voice of God with regularity.

Jesus is not about living in the history of the Bible. He is a Living Christ and has a divine plan for your life. It is impossible to find this plan unless you are encountering Jesus everyday of your life.

The Israelites were destroyed because they did not listen to God. He told the Israelites on Mount Sinai “You shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine”. They blew this promise because they did not trust God and turned to false gods. 

This precious promise is available to every human being on the earth. Jesus who controls the earth will favor you and treat you as a special treasure above other people. The gift of salvation places you into the “set apart” people of God.

The anointing of the Holy Spirit is designed to fill you with the renown, praise and glory of God. The contingency is your obligation to listen and obey Jesus. If you choose to live for self or seek worldly things you will grieve the Holy Spirit and the anointing will diminish. 

The Christ follower has the mind of Jesus. What is He saying to you today?

Good Morning,

The subject of allegiance to God was spoken to me last night by the Holy Spirit. 

Christianity rejects the importance of building a personal and embracing relationship with Jesus. They are devoted to causes and every church has a laundry list of causes they support and ask members to participate with time or money. They justify this by Bible verses relating to service.

This is one of the reasons Christianity has declined and over forty percent of the population in the United States today does not want to be associated with Christianity.

The real issue is Christianity is not relevant to people. They are turned off by religion. 

The cornerstone to a relationship with Jesus!

Jesus desires for a believer to walk in oneness with Him by faith yielding to the Holy Spirit. He wants to speak to you and guide your footsteps. Jesus desires to teach you His values and show you how to live by them. He wants to be the most important person in your life. Jesus desires for you to seek His will above all else.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth and He wants to share His life with you.

If you are a believer the Holy Spirit is sealed inside you. He is the life of Jesus and wants to be in your thoughts, words and decision making. Nothing is impossible for Jesus. 

Jesus wants your absolute devotion to Him and unyielding obedience to His instructions. Ministry will never be successful unless you are loyal to Jesus and living under the authority of the Holy Spirit. 

We are created in the workmanship of Jesus for good works. Your ministry comes by the equipping and anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer and intercession is a powerful ministry but Christianity prefers to promote works to justify your standing with God. 

Walking by faith and believing in the promises of Jesus is fundamental to a believer. This is a lifestyle of reaching out to Jesus for your every need. Faith is a strong prerequisite to any ministry for Jesus. Without faith you cannot please God.

Jesus is life changing and offers the powerful gift of salvation to all. He wants to enhance every aspect of your life. Jesus desires to fill you with His attributes of love, joy, strength, wisdom and protection.

Jesus desires to give you a life you can never achieve on your own. 

This should be the message of Christianity!

Jesus never changes. The Holy Spirit told me last night Jesus is resolute meaning He is purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

If you want to walk with Jesus you must be open to change. There can be no status quo in your life. The Holy Spirit looks at your every thought, motive, and decision. Nothing is hidden from Him.

The human nature at birth in all human beings is unacceptable to Jesus. You come into the world to live for self and defy God.

Jesus is without sin. He has no ego. The priority of Jesus is to convert every soul to become a new creature in Christ Jesus.

The gift of salvation gives a believer a new “born again” identity. Your past life and behaviors are replaced by a new life. This change takes many years to develop because your personality must die on the Cross and your ties to the world must be broken.

Salvation is about change. Jesus engineers trials and adversity to convince a human being to live for Him and die to self.

The life of a believer has a new perspective on life. He sees the world through the eyes of Jesus. His thinking patterns change and he develops new values in life. He begins to live for Jesus and seek His will for his life.

He makes decisions through the mind of Christ and walks under the authority of the Holy Spirit.

Today God wants to speak to you about change. Are you open to hear His words?

The Christ follower never arrives; He is always under the microscope of Jesus!

Solidarity with Jesus is the most important goal for a believer. This will keep you out of trouble and provide supernatural protection. 

Jesus wants you to walk in oneness with Him at all times. The world is filled with evil and Satan wants to destroy you. And, all humans have an inner nature to live for self and defy God. 

Your life with Jesus begins with a decision to live for Him and forsake all other gods and idols. 

If you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart Jesus is Lord you will receive the gift of eternal life. This life starts immediately upon your confession and never ends.

Salvation causes a believer to become a new creature in Christ Jesus and all things become new. The convert will have a new identity and participate in the work of the Cross. The gift of salvation will crucify your natural life at birth and transform you into the character of Jesus.

The decision for Jesus seals a believer with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ in the form of a Spirit.

This will connect you directly with the Living Jesus who has power and dominion over the Heavens and Earth. He will be your best friend and speak to you, teach you His values and fill you with His life.

This relationship is symbiotic which means mutually beneficial for both parties. Jesus gives and He takes. He asks you to let go of harmful or compulsive behaviors. 

Jesus desires for you live in close oneness with Him. This is accomplished by daily prayer, reading the Bible, and listening for His voice.

Most importantly, pray for the blood of Christ to cover you each day and turn away from all forms of darkness. Ask Jesus to show you any attitudes or habits which need to be changed.

Jesus is not looking for perfection just a willing heart to change.

Jesus asks you to live by faith not by what you see with your eyes. 

Faith is believing in the promises of Jesus and learning to be obedient to His instructions. 

The Christ follower will face trials and adversity. They are engineered by Jesus to strengthen your faith and make you “Christ like”. Jesus promises to deliver you from all trials in His perfect timing.

Jesus hates religion. He does not want you to become a religious robut devoted to doing works and keeping laws.

Walk with Jesus by submitting to the authority of the Holy Spirit. He will be alive in your thoughts and guide your decision making.

Jesus asks you to seek Him first above all other things and He will provide your every need. 

Pray each day committing your works to Jesus and seek His will for your life. 

Jesus wants to give you an abundant life filled with His goodness. This supernatural life can never be achieved on your own!

Jesus will make you into a fountain of Living Water touching all those around you.

We all need to take God seriously.

Starting your day without Jesus is asking for trouble. Facing the world, dealing with your fleshly desires, and the attacks of Satan are an overwhelming burden. 

The daily encounter with Jesus is not about a ritual; it is taking time to pray, listen to God, and read the Bible. You want to be in contact with Jesus before you walk out the door.

Faith in Jesus is your most important goal. Faith is submitting your will to God and giving up your independence. Faith cannot be achieved through an intellectual approach or doing works.

Faith is a lifestyle of reaching out to God for your every need. Faith is believing your help comes from the Lord who created the heavens and earth.

The Christ follower must set aside his feelings and yield to the Spirit of God. Walk in oneness with Jesus relying on the promises of God without needing evidence. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 

The reality of Jesus is listening and responding with obedience to His instructions.

Faith is living each day in the reality of God’s presence and not through past experiences. 

The reality of Jesus comes to those who surrender to Him and vigilantly seek the will of God for their lives. They submit to the authority of the Holy Spirit and see the Living Jesus in all the moments of life. 

God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” Exodus 3:14

Jesus was with God from the very beginning. Jesus and God are one.

We can learn from God about the nature of Jesus. 

God met Moses after forty years of tending sheep. He was ready to give Moses a divine commission.

Moses had trepidation about this commission and unbelief in facing Pharaoh and the Israelites.

God reassured Moses with the words “I am who I am”.  God was saying I do not need an impressive introduction. I am God and there is no one like Me. 

Moses was instructed to tell the Israelites “I am has sent me to you”.

God was confirming Moses was hand picked and anointed with the Spirit of God. He would perform powerful signs and wonders to authenticate His ministry to free the Israelites from the bondage of slavery in Egypt.

Moses had to deal with Pharaoh who had a hardened heart against God.

The lesson for a Christ follower is to respect and honor Jesus. He needs no introduction and has power and dominion over the heavens and earth.

When Jesus gives you a commission this will comprise of a powerful anointing and the equipping of gifts of the Spirit. Most importantly, this commission will be successful because God is I am who I am.

There may be struggles and set backs but there will be a victory. There were approximately two million Israelites delivered out of Egypt.

Nothing is impossible for Jesus!

It is very easy to have a one on one meeting with Jesus to discuss a mutual relationship. 

Jesus has the advantage because He knows you better than you know yourself. And, He is omniscient and can see every detail of your life from the past through the future.

Jesus is very approachable and open to having a personal and symbolic relationship but the conversation must be initiated by you.

Jesus will meet you anytime under any circumstances but you cannot do business with Jesus from a demanding or condescending position. Remember, Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. Nothing is impossible for Jesus.

The best strategy is to get to know Him and listen for His voice. Jesus will tell you very clearly about His desires for you and changes required in your lifestyle. Jesus is not a tyrant or religious bigot. He knows you can never be perfect and is just asking for an open heart to seek His will.

Jesus desires to enhance every aspect of your life but sin always gets into the picture. This is why the blood of Christ is so important. The blood covers your sins and gives you a healthy relationship with Jesus.

If a non believer is serious about Jesus the starting point is to ask Him for the gift of salvation and be willing to repent from your sins.

The decision to live for Jesus is to seek Him first and reject all false gods and idols. Jesus will not tolerate other gods. He is very jealous and wants all of you.

This decision will remake you into a new creature in Christ Jesus and begin the transformation of change from your natural condition at birth into the character and personality of Jesus. 

God will seal you with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ and your access to the Kingdom of God.

The reality of the Living Christ will come to those who invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over their life. Jesus will be anchored in all the moments of your life!

The authenticity of Jesus is awe inspiring and your life will never be the same!