“For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection” Romans 6:5

The sign of a Christ follower is united together with Jesus in His death and resurrection. He experiences the work of the Cross every day of his life. 

The believer lives the death of his natural life and is no longer bound by compulsive behaviors or the desires of the flesh. He has a new moral code built on the values of Jesus. He is free from the bondage of sin and walks in oneness with Jesus.

Jesus is a living reality and a strong presence in the life of a “born again” believer. He speaks to His people and desires to have a personal and transparent relationship built on faith and obedience.

The beginning of this relationship requires a man to yield his life to Jesus and make a decision to live for Him above all else.

This decision will initiate the work of the Cross and the believer will become a new creature in Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit will begin the process of transforming a believer into the character of Jesus.

The Holy Spirit is sealed in a believer. He is the life of Jesus. We are instructed to give the Holy Spirit authority over every detail of our life. This will bring the reality of the Living Jesus into your thoughts and decision making. He will bring order and simplicity into your day.

The perception of Jesus will change from a storybook figure in the Bible to a living reality and your best friend. 

The word today from the Holy Spirit is intransigent which is defined as unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something different.

We must respond by faith to the life changing nature created within a believer.

The journey with Jesus is about experiencing different seasons and accepting lifestyle changes. There is no predictably with Jesus. The Christ follower must be open to change and let go of the past. 

If a believer is set in his ways and not open to change he will not experience the fullness of Jesus or be able to live in the reality of the Living Christ.

Jesus asks a believer to follow in His footsteps. The wind (Holy Spirit) blows where it desires and we cannot tell where it is coming from or where it is going. This is the life of a “born again” believer. We walk by faith and trust the promises of Jesus and not what we see with our eyes.

The Holy Spirit gives a believer the mind of Christ and guides him into the perfect will of Jesus. 

Jesus died on the Cross for all humanity and believers are to follow the example of Jesus and live by this precept; “Not my will but Yours be done.”

Walk in oneness with Jesus anchored to the Holy Spirit. Commit your works each day to Jesus and pray for His omniscient wisdom.

Listen for the voice of God and respond with obedience to His instructions. Don’t allow your reluctance or stubbornness to stand in the way of obeying Jesus.

We are mere mortals and want security but Jesus wants our security to be in Him.

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2

This begins with coming to God as a clean vessel and desiring to be a living sacrifice for Jesus. 

The blood of Jesus cleanses a believer of all sin and you become a living sacrifice by seeking the will of God above all else.

The sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross causes a believer to die to self and live for Jesus.

Seek the will of God through prayer, reading the Bible, and listening for the voice of God. 

Invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life and the reality of the Living Christ will be alive in your thoughts and decision making.

The Bible instructs believers not to conform to worldly values but to be transformed into the mind of Christ.

Commit your works each day to Jesus and walk in oneness with Him anchored to the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit will create order and simplicity in your life and you will find the good, acceptable and perfect will of Jesus.

Jesus is unpredictable and at times controversial. He despises religion. Expect the unexpected walking with Jesus.

The perfect will of God will not conform to religion, keeping laws or doing works to appease God.

The will of God is not a life free of trials. The Christ follower might be in a devastating crisis and living in the perfect will of Jesus.

Jesus desires for a believer to develop a personal and embracing relationship with Him built on faith and obedience.

Jesus wants a believer to get to know His ways and consistently hear His voice. 

Jesus wants a believer to be obedient to His instructions regardless of the cost or lack of logic. 

We live in the world but we are not of the world. The Christ follower reflects the renown, praise and glory of God in all his actions!

“Have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3

The Holy Spirit spoke to me last night about totalitarianism which is a government centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state. 

This change is coming from Satan working through liberal and socialistic leaders. The election of the mayor in New York City is a step towards this new form of government.

Mr. Mamdani is a Muslim and worships a false god. He has strong ties to the enemies of Israel. He desires to turn New York into a socialist city by enacting new laws and raising taxes. He is the face of the devil.

This new totalitarian government will eventually take away all your freedoms and people will be subject to the strict authority of the leaders.

The next step will see the rise of the Antichrist who will be a ruthless dictator and act like God. He will persecute Christians and many will die.

What can believers do to survive this attack from the enemy?

Get right with God through repentance and turning away from darkness.

Pray the blood of Christ over all in your family. 

Read the Word every day. We can’t change the plans of God but we can fight off the evil through the armor of God.

Commit your works each day to God and submit to the authority of the Holy Spirit.

Listen for the voice of Jesus and respond with obedience to His instructions.

Pray for angels to be present in your home and place of work. I get up in the middle of the night to pray and there is always an angel nearby. I take my grandsons to school and an angel is in the back seat of the car next to the boys.

Pray for protection and that no weapon formed against you shall prosper. 

Pray for God to raise up strong spiritual men and women in our government.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. He will get the final victory over Satan!

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

The Holy Spirit spoke to me today about the corruption in Christianity caused by heresies. 

Heresies are teachings that undermine the core beliefs of Jesus. They are deviations from the truths in the Bible. They are mostly caused by Satan working through religious leaders who wants to control believers through laws and works. They interpret scriptures with unclean motives.

The defining nature of a believer is not natural ability, knowledge, character, or experience. It is abject poverty.

The believer who thinks he can be of value to God is greatly mistaken and off track with Jesus. 

The fullness of Jesus is blocked by those who are pursuing their own goals and rely on self sufficiency. 

Walking with Jesus is to fulfill His purposes which are not disclosed to a believer until the perfect timing of God.

The Christ follower must be totally committed to seeking the will of God for his life.  

The priority is for a believer to build a personal and symbiotic relationship with Jesus built on faith and obedience. 

We are equipped by the Holy Spirit for the purposes of God. Your human nature is of no value to Jesus.

The demeanor of a believer is to reflect the renown, praise and glory of God.

Do not accept any deviation from the words of Jesus!

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:1-2

This is a very bold promise from Jesus but is true and can be achieved by any human being living on the earth.

There is no condemnation from God for those who walk according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh which is the natural life at birth.

There are two spiritual laws at work in our universe and they are opposed to each other. 

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus makes you free from the law of sin and death.

The law given to Moses from God was perfect but no human being could obey this law. The law could not overcome the weakness of the natural life and just brings condemnation upon anyone attempting to live with God by laws.

God knew this conflict from the beginning of creation but needed to prove the fallacy and inadequacy of man attempting to live with Him through laws.

God overcame the conflict between sin and righteousness by sending His own Son as a sacrifice for sin. Jesus came in the flesh but was without sin. 

Jesus died so the righteous nature of God could be fulfilled in all who walk according to the Spirit.

The defining quality of a Christ follower is that he sets His mind on the things of the Spirit and rejects the things of the flesh.

Living through the flesh brings death but living through the Spirit brings an abundant life and peace. 

The man living from the flesh is an enemy of God and is not subject to the precepts of Jesus. He cannot please God.

The Holy Spirit is sealed in all believers. He is the life of Jesus and will give life to a mortal body and raise him from death to live with Jesus forever.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:19

Jesus speaks often and firmly about the importance of forgiveness because He knows the inner nature of man and the evils of the world.

Forgiveness starts when a man or woman is confronted by God over their inner nature of desiring to live for self and defy God. 

Isaiah, the prophet, said this when he met God, “Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord almighty.”

The believer must have this revelation from God to become serious about forgiveness. The natural life at birth is unclean and cannot obey God.

Sin is a reoccurring behavior and cannot be controlled without repentance and forgiveness. No one can stand before God blameless without the blood of Jesus covering him.

We are commanded to forgive others who hurt us or attempt to destroy our lives. Jesus said if you do not forgive others their sins, your Heavenly Father will not forgive your sins.

The Holy Spirit will convict you of sin if you submit to His authority. He knows all your thoughts, words, motives and decision making. Invite the Holy Spirit to have dominion over your life. He desires to create order and simplicity in every day of your life.

Pray every day for Jesus to reveal anything you are thinking or doing that grieves the Holy Spirit. Then repent and ask Jesus to cover you with His blood.

Jesus desires to rescue believers from the dominion of darkness and deliver us into the kingdom of God where we have redemption and forgiveness of sins. 

Forgiveness is the perfect spiritual discipline to meet the Living Christ!

The Holy Spirit spoke the word “labyrinth” to me today referring to the modern day spiritual journey with Jesus. It is like a maze with many dead ends leading nowhere. The believer must navigate through the maze to find the portal leading to the Lord.

The “born again” believer has been baptized in the Spirit and Water. The labyrinth journey is unpredictable and guided by the Holy Spirit. 

Jesus explains the  Christ follower will be taken by the wind (Holy Spirit) to where He desires for the work of Jesus. The believer cannot tell where the wind comes from or where the wind goes. This is the life of a “born again” believer. 

Jesus is not about complacency or seeking security. Jesus wants a believer to walk in oneness with Him without having the ability to see ahead.

Jesus does not create a typical lifestyle. He creates an up and down journey filled with trials. 

The world is not a friend for a believer. It is filled with darkness and influenced by Satan. Make your home with Jesus where there is protection and peace.

Jesus is life changing. There is no normality in your journey. Expect the unexpected.

Walk with Jesus under the authority of the Holy Spirit. This is where Jesus lives with a believer. 

The believer can experience the reality and presence of Jesus every day of his life through the efficacy of the Holy Spirit.

The hindrance to the labyrinth is the desires of the flesh and craving worldly values.  The Holy Spirit is your safety net. 

Ask Jesus to reveal anything you are thinking or doing that grieves the Holy Spirit. Then repent and seek the blood of Christ.

Jesus is a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your pathway!

“To give them beauty for ashes” Isaiah 61:3

God creates destruction for believers who reject His ways. The Israelites were God’s favored people and lost everything and were scattered around the world. 

The Christ follower who walks in oneness with Jesus can experience the same destruction. Jesus selects a righteous man to suffer for His namesake. The trials are designed to build patience and strengthen your faith. Most importantly, Jesus is preparing a man for a mighty work of God. 

The path walking with Jesus is not easy if you are serious about Him. The arduous trials are engineered by Jesus to make a man like God. 

Jesus is merciful and compassionate. After suffering for a while He promises to fully restore a believer. This is the unconditional love of Jesus giving beauty for ashes.

The promise of Jesus is to deliver and restore the faithful Christ follower. 

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth but His priority is to save souls and make His people to be like Him.

Jesus never changes. If a believer wants the fullness of Jesus he must be willing to change and respond with obedience to the voice of Jesus. 

The safety net in dealing with Jesus is the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Jesus and is sealed in all believers. Invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life and you will experience the reality of the Living Christ.

Abide in the Word, pray vigilantly and commit your works each day to God.

The beauty of Jesus will appear and the ashes will fade away. 

Jesus keeps His promises!

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

1 John 4:1

There is a movement in Christianity of members who look and talk like a Christ follower but they are imposters, deceiving spirits and speak from the doctrines of demons.

The imposter is a false apostle and deceitful worker camouflaged as an apostle of Christ. They follow the example of Satan who was an angel wanting to be God. He was cast out of heaven by God.

The Bible teaches that in the end times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.

The imposters wrongly interpret scripture to support their own views. They are influenced by the Antichrist to denigrate Jesus.

They sidetrack believers into works and rituals while disputing or minimizing the work of the Cross. 

The imposter is about promoting his credibility and influence by acting like a loyal believer.

The imposter wants nothing to do with the Holy Spirit because He will expose an imposter as a counterfeit of Jesus.

The imposter works through the spirit of the Antichrist to subjugate believers into his belief system.

The imposter is very clever in disguising his beliefs to attract believers. He is very knowledgeable about the Bible but is not a doer of the Word.

The imposter is very sneaky. He will acknowledge the greatness and glory of Jesus with his words but his actions betray him. 

The imposter is controlled or influenced by Leviathan. This evil monster is ingrained in the heart and soul of the imposter.

The Christ follower must test the validity of every spirit through the integrity of the Holy Spirit. He will expose any imposter or counterfeit spirit. 

Pray that no weapon formed against you shall prosper and have nothing to do with the darkness coming from imposters. 

Abide in the Word of God and accept no other doctrine!

Pray for the blood of Jesus to cover you and walk in oneness with Jesus anchored to the Holy Spirit!