Walking with Jesus is not a metaphor; it is a reality for a Christ follower.

The prerequisite to walk with God is you must be born of the Spirit.

The process begins with your commitment to Jesus.

The gift of salvation comes to all those who confess with their lips and believe in their hearts that Jesus is Lord.

If you have made this commitment you are saved and the Holy Spirit is sealed inside you.

Jesus looks at your heart to determine if are you serious or lukewarm about living for Him.

Pray you can let go of worldly living and abandon yourself to Jesus in every aspect of your life.

This is very important because it will dictate the power of the Cross to baptize you into the death and resurrection of Christ.

If you want to walk with Jesus you must be living under the authority of the Holy Spirit and seriously seeking the will of God for your life.

There can be no impediments blocking you from receiving the fullness of the Spirit.

This does not mean you are without sin but you are living under the blood of Jesus and asking for the Spirit to convict and change you into the character of Jesus.

Expect the unexpected with Jesus!

Now you are ready to walk with Jesus. Commit your works each day to Jesus and ask for the wisdom of God.

You will be unable to predict where the wind (Holy Spirit) is coming from or where it is going.

Jesus will speak to you and guide your pathway. Give the wind (Holy Spirit) the freedom to blow you where He wants to take you.

Be obedient to the instructions of God even though they may not make any sense.

God will give you glimpses of the future but you must walk by faith believing in the promises of Jesus.

Walking with Jesus is a new way of living and experiencing the reality of the Living Christ.

Jesus will be alive in all the moments of your life!

This narrative is about letting go and giving Jesus control over your life. He wants to be in all your thoughts, words, and actions.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth and controls your destiny whether you believe in Him or not.

Jesus wants to be the centerpiece of your life and have a symbiotic and personal relationship with a believer.

If you surrender to Jesus you will abide in the presence of the Living Christ. He will speak to you, provide wisdom, and protect you. Jesus will bring quality to every aspect of your life. He will be with you always.

The lackluster believer will never experience the reality of the Living Christ and will suffer greatly.

You cannot find God through listening to sermons or reading the Bible. There has to be a heart commitment to live for Jesus above all else. There can be no “hands off” attitude toward the things you value in the world.

As a believer, you are asked to give up your independence and freedom and yield to the supremacy of Christ.

This is scary and uncomfortable for most people. God asks you to walk by faith with very little vision of your future.

It is virtually impossible to surrender to Christ unless you know who He is and have experienced His greatness and glory.

Here is why you can have confidence in our great and awesome God!

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all.

The gift of salvation seals you with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ and refines you into the character of God. You become a new creature in Christ and entitled to all the promises of God.

Jesus forgives all your sins and covers you with His precious blood.

Submit to the authority of the Holy Spirit and Jesus will be a living reality and your best friend!

The jurisdiction of Christ is your safety net and pathway to the fullness of God!

The judgment of God is over the Body of Christ. Many pastors will be replaced and churches will continue to decline.

Christianity attempts to focus on keeping laws and doing works to appease God. They want believers to immerse themselves into religious activities.

Most Christians do not listen for the voice of God and are not serious about obeying the precepts of God.

Israel was God’s favored nation. They were brought down by pride. They refused to honor God’s words and lived according to the desires of their flesh.

God delivered the Israelites from slavery and gave them a beautiful homeland. Beginning with Abraham God blessed Israel and caused the Israelites to cling to Him.

The Israelites worshipped other gods and idols. This was profitable for nothing and angered God.

The desire of God was that the Israelites would be a “set apart” people filled with the renown, praise and glory of God but they failed to reflect His character.

The Israelites did not listen to the voice of God.

Christianity is failing because believers don’t take the word of God seriously. They are more content and less intimidated by pursuing religion.

Jesus asks His people to walk by faith believing in His promises and not what they see with their eyes. In Christianity faith is mostly an intellectual concept and not a lifestyle of seeking out God for your every need.

Jesus wants a personal and vibrant relationship with a believer. Religion wants your attention to be on duties.

Jesus wants a believer to give up his freedom and self sufficiency and zealously seek the will of God for his life. Christianity pushes a church life.

Jesus asks a follower to come to Him through the narrow gate but very few are willing to make this commitment. It is just too costly.

Jesus desires for a believer to walk in oneness with Him yielding to the Holy Spirit. This is not taught or supported in most churches.

Religion wants very little to do with the Holy Spirit because He exposes the hypocrisy and corrupt practices of our churches.

Christianity attempts to manipulate the Word of God to achieve their own motives and please the changing culture of society.

Jesus transforms believers into the character of God and instructs them to walk in the light and turn away from darkness. This can only happen by those who live under the authority of the Holy Spirit and have an open heart to the conviction and correction of God.

The difference between a Christian and a disciple of Christ is the commitment to God. The disciple lives for God above all else and is loyal and obedient to the voice of Jesus.

Christianity is a religion. Jesus is a way of life.

This narrative defines your relationship to Jesus.

If you make the same decision as Abel you will be in relationship with the living Christ and share in the fullness of God. If you choose to follow Cain you will be deprived of the greatness and glory of Jesus.

Cain and Abel were brothers and their parents were Adam and Eve.

We know God was in conversation with this family from the text in the Bible.

Cain was a tiller of the land and Abel was a keeper of the sheep. They spent most every day working in the fields.

Something inspired Cain and Abel to make a sacrifice to God. It might have been God or insight from some other source. We just don’t know.

The Bible says in the process of time they decided to make a sacrifice to God.

Cain was motivated to make the first sacrifice and Abel followed.

God looked at both offerings and accepted Abel’s but rejected Cain’s.

This made Cain very jealous and angry.

God cautioned Cain about his emotions and said “If you do well, will you not be respected?” In other words, ask God to forgive you and learn to respect God by giving Him your very best.

God also told Cain if you do not do well sin lies nears you and its desire is to consume you but you can rule over it. God was warning Cain that if he does not repent he will do evil but there is a way to escape from this trouble.

Cain did not obey God and killed Abel. God was very angry and placed a curse over Cain’s ability to grow crops from the ground.

There is a wealth of wisdom in this story.

God looked at both offerings and saw that Abel offered the very best to God and did not hold anything back for himself. Cain offered a paltry offering. He was not willing to give God the very best.

God saw the reaction from Cain and told Him to repent of his feelings and do right with God and his brother. We all make mistakes but we have Jesus who loves us unconditionally and will forgive all our sins by His blood.

Cain ignored God and allowed Satan to create a stronghold over him. Cain acted out of his feelings in killing Abel. The lesson for believers is to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and flee from all evil emotions and thoughts.

God is omniscient and saw this entire incident before it even happened. This is why we must be in prayer, living under the authority of the Holy Spirit and listening for the voice of God. Jesus desires to protect believers and provide a smooth pathway.

God was merciful towards Cain and willing to forgive him. You and I are imperfect human beings and can never match up to the standards of God. We need the blood of Christ and the conviction of the Holy Spirit in our lives every day.

God told Cain that he could rule over his sin. We all have feelings or actions that can lead us astray but if we turn to God and pray for His covering over us we can be free from the bondage of sin.

This story speaks about your heart commitment to Jesus. Have you given Him the very best or are you holding back what is precious for yourself?

Every human being is born in the image of God but we all have an inner nature to live for self and defy God.

So when a human being is born he has no roots to God except for those who may be praying for him.

The challenge is developing new roots anchored to God and getting rid of your old roots from birth.

The first step is making a commitment to submit to the supremacy of Christ. This means you will agree to live for Him above all else and zealously seek His will for your life.

Secondly, you must repent, confess your sins, and ask Jesus to cover you with His blood.

This act only deals with the visible surface of your personality. There is another deep area of darkness that is hidden from your eyes. God sees all this including genetic dispositions from your ancestry and compulsive behaviors.

The old roots will lead you to destruction and deprive you of the fullness of God. They must disappear from your life.

As a believer, God seals you with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ and can help you get rid of your unhealthy old roots and grow new and strong roots in Christ.

The strong roots come from the transformation of your inner being into a new creature in Christ.

You are incapable of doing this work on your own.

The Holy Spirit will baptize you into the death and resurrected life of Christ. This requires a willing heart to let go of your independence, self sufficiency, and fleshy desires.

Everything has to go and eventually be replaced by Christ.

Jesus wants to be in all your thoughts, words, emotions and decision making.

This will gradually happen as you give the Holy Spirit authority over your life and yield to Him.

The Christ follower will consistently hear the voice of God. Jesus will fill you with His thoughts and guide your pathway.

As a believer, you can nurture the growth of the new roots with these powerful methods:

Pray consistently and listen for the voice of God.

Read the Bible every day and ask God to help you implement the teachings of Jesus into your life.

Be open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit with a willing heart to change your motives and behaviors. Your sin will always be on the radar with God.

Walk by faith believing in the promises of God and not what you see with your eyes.

Submit to the authority of the Holy Spirit and commit your works each day to God.

These steps will allow you to live in a symbiotic relationship with the Living Christ. He will never fail you.

In Him, we live and move and have our being!

The word from God today is vicarious which means identifying with the feelings, thoughts and plans of Jesus.

If you want a personal and deeply enriching relationship with Jesus you must identify with Him.

The starting point is making a heart commitment to live for Jesus above all else.

The vicarious believer wants the reality of God. He wants to hear the voice of God and know the priorities of Christ for His life.

He is not interested in pursuing anything not initiating with God.

He has no interest in religion. He wants to dwell with the Living Christ in all the moments of life.

This depth of commitment is built on unyielding faith in the promises of God. The vicarious believer will do what God asks without explanation. He is loyal to Jesus.

This is a transition from earthly living to dwelling in the reality of the Living Christ. Jesus is upfront and center in your life.

The vicarious believer does not substitute his feelings or intellectual thoughts in place of God. He understands that sin is the heart of the matter with God and only Jesus can change a human being whether it is you or another person.

This is why prayer, repentance and intercession is such a powerful weapon in dealing with sin.

The challenge in living vicariously is battling through mood swings and the desires of the flesh to stay centered on Jesus.

This requires prayer, consistent concentration on Jesus and living under the authority of the Holy Spirit.

Beware of what you take from the world because in some way it is tainted.

Jesus is alive and desires to have a symbiotic relationship with a believer. He wants to bless the desires of your heart and protect you from evil.

Today I am heavy laden and drained of all my strength after a lengthy season of intercession and turmoil. I can hardly think or walk.

I am looking at the beautiful mountains here and God just spoke the words “The tapestry of Christ”.

This is about the beautiful work of Jesus to refine a believer into His character. The work of Jesus never ends. The tapestry is mostly hidden from your eyes.

You and I cannot fully understand what it means to be transformed from your natural life at birth to a new creature in Christ.

How far do you want to go with Jesus?

Think of a spectrum with the left side starting with your natural life at birth and the right side ending with the perfect life of Christ. The challenge is how far do you want to go towards the right end?

I imagine most Christians never get past the middle of the spectrum because the pathway is very difficult and filled with pot holes.

Jesus is perfect and without sin. He has no ego. No human being can ever come close to this standard.

Jesus is not looking for perfection and He does not desire for you to become a religious robot. He wants to refine you into His character to give you a better life and protect you from evil.

The best counsel is to walk by faith in oneness with Jesus yielding to the Holy Spirit.

Jesus wants you to be obedient to His voice regardless of the conditions in your life or the lack of logic. This will move you to the right on the spectrum and greatly please Jesus.

The pain and agony in the life of a believer is caused by dying to self and living for Christ. This is not an intellectual exercise but the reality of giving up your independence and rights to Jesus.

I just met the Living Christ.

This all begins with making a decision to live for Jesus above all else. You will meet the Living Christ and be astonished by His greatness. He will enter into every aspect of your life.

There is no one like Jesus. He lives so you can live!

Intercession is entering into the dark world of Satan. It is very difficult work and can seem consuming at times. Intercession begins and ends with God.

God asks you to offer up your body to make intercession for what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ for the sake of His Body, the church.

The intercession takes place by the work of the Holy Spirit dwelling in all believers. Jesus partners with you to bring down strongholds and set believers free from sin.

This is modeled after the intercession of Jesus to conquer death and offer all humanity the gift of salvation.

Jesus took your place on the Cross and we are obligated to make intercession as guided by the Holy Spirit to perfect the Body of Christ.

As an intercessor you are engaging in a war against Satan and his demons.

Be sure you are outfitted with the full armor of God. This will give you the weapons to protect yourself and bring a victory.

Stand firm with confidence in Christ and meditate on the promises of God. Walk by faith living in the righteousness of God. Seek peace and pursue it in all your decisions. Arm yourself with the shield of faith to refute the lies of Satan. Have boldness in the gift of salvation and speak the Words of God to Satan.

Satan will be terrified when He hears your voice speaking the name of Jesus. However, this work requires concentration on Jesus and does not bring results overnight.

An intercessor enjoys a special closeness with God. The motives in this work are pure and holy without ego or self recognition. Only God knows what you are doing!

The intercessor will identify with the darkness and emotions of the individual in a stronghold of Satan.

The glory will always go to God and you may not even know the identity of the person or subject of the intercession.

Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the names of the demons so you can target them directly. Their names reveal the type of evil they are inflicting upon believers like alcohol, drugs, anger, lust, deceit, suicide and so on.

Intercession can also be about a global issue like government policies, an evil nation, or a demonic cult. Look how God targeted Sodom and Gomorrah for their actions.

God called me over a year ago to make intercession for the sexual immorality in our country. He has made me very aware of this spiking epidemic and His feelings about this debauchery.

At some point in time you will be asked to share in this labor of love for an important cause of Jesus.

Remember, a servant is not greater than His Master.

Jesus rules in this endeavor!

Last night the Holy Spirit spoke to me about the Living Water. I saw a well located in the wilderness springing up with Living Water.

Moses led the Israelites to the land of Beer which God said is the location of a well. God said to gather the people together, and I will give them water. Then the Israelites sang “Spring up O well”.

The Living Water is the life of Christ and is gift to all believers. This how you can get out of the wasteland and be filled with the attributes of Jesus.

The source of the Living Water is the Holy Spirit. If you drink this water you will never thirst again and the water will become in you a fountain leading up to eternal life.

Everything you need to deal with the challenges of today is in the Living Water. The Holy Spirit provides strength, wisdom, joy, protection and peace.

The Living Water will deliver you out of the wasteland into the riches of Christ. There is no bottom in this well.

God also told me there are many today masquerading as Christ followers but they allow darkness to come into their lives. They switch between living for self and walking by the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit also cited a scripture to me in Deuteronomy. “So all Israel shall hear and fear, and not again do such wickedness as this among you.” The penalty from God was very radical in eradicating sin from the Israelites. (You can find this in Deuteronomy 13.)

God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He never changes!

Pray for Jesus to cover you with His blood and cleanse you from all sin. Be open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

Then ask Jesus to fill you with Living Water and satisfy your every need.

The title for this message came from the Holy Spirit and is how Jesus feels about those who live without Him.

If you are attempting to navigate through life on your own this will lead to disaster.

This revelation from Jesus has nothing to do with religion, keeping laws to appease God or doing good works. Throw everything out the window and begin with one goal.

I want to be in relationship with the Living Christ.

This goal is easy to achieve if you have an open heart and forget your preconceived ideas about God.

The fear of the Lord is understanding who God is and respecting Him. It is taking Him seriously and seeking His will for your life.

Jesus controls your destiny whether you believe in Him or not.

Jesus is omniscient and knows every detail of your past, present and future. He hears your every thought.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. He is the most powerful force in the universe and can defeat any enemy foe.

Jesus desires to give you an abundant life filled with His goodness.

Jesus wants to give you the gift of salvation so you can live with Him forever.

Jesus knows you will never be perfect. Don’t even try.

Jesus is alive and desires to have a symbiotic relationship with you built on faith. He is the Living Christ and wants a personal and endearing friendship with you. He wants to speak to you and share His life with you. Jesus wants to be in all the moments of your life.

Jesus is perfect without any sin. He does not want to mucky up His life with all the skeletons in your closet. So if you want Jesus you must ask to be covered with His blood and repent from your bad habits.

Jesus offers you a new life. This is why He died on the Cross. When you make a decision for Jesus this begins the gift of salvation and your sanctification into the character of Jesus.

Jesus seals you with the Holy Spirit.

He is the life of Jesus and your pipeline to all of His unlimited attributes. He desires to fill you with His love, strength, wisdom, joy and protection.

The only requirement is to agree to live for Jesus above all else. You live for Him by seeking His will and giving up your independence and self sufficiency.

Many Christians never get to this point and miss out on the awesome power, glory and majesty of Jesus.

You can get started today. Jesus is waiting for you to knock on His door.

Don’t be afraid. This is the best decision you will ever make in your life!