Do You Believe

 All the things you once thought were just beyond your reach have been right there in you the whole time. When you look at things from the perspective of one in intimate communion with Abba, you see that the righteousness, holiness, joy unspeakable and full of glory is already yours. The most amazing thing I have begun to see in myself is genuine and authentic love for other people. I have worn so many hats in my life, that of a junky, a drunk, a pervert, a jerk, a womanizer, and the list goes on. The thing is, God accepted me and call me into a relationship with him. He loves me beyond my shallow understanding. The truth is, I know that people who were the biggest knuckleheads can become the most judgmental, most critical Christians, but even those people deserve honor and grace from me. They’re just operating out of a false paradigm, a faulty theology. Being a person that came out of hypocrisy gives me a perspective that allows me to love them, not judge them; if you’re a popper ...

I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power. Then, by always using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life. Then you will be empowered to discover what every religious one experiences—the great magnitude of the wondrous love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his passion! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God! Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your most extraordinary request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his mira...

The cry of your heart must become ‘I wanna know you, Lord.’ I believe many times, and we make seeking God more about his hands than his face. God, I need you to help me’ with my finances, my career, my family, etc... not realizing that we put the cart before the oxen. We must seek His face; that is, we must seek to know him on a deeper, more intimate level. Beware of the religious spirit that aims to make it all about you and your ability to seek God more perfectly. This isn’t about your efforts. He is the author and perfecter of our faith. Real spiritual hunger is expressed through a heart postured toward Abba, that says ‘I wanna know you’ and  we only receive, we can not earn, revelation.  Abba wants a deeper relationship with you, and the greatest prayer you can pray to him is ‘ I wanna know you, Abba.’ Shortly after my initial encounter with the love of Abba, he gave me a mental image of a child playing in a kiddie pool on the beach. Then I saw him taking buckets of ocean ...

If you are anything like me, you grew up in a tongue talkin’, bible believin’ church that was all about experience and little to no focus on theology. I remember being told and believing that theology would lead to a “pharisaical spirit” because knowledge puffs up, so expertise is terrible. Know, that being said, I do believe that knowledge without experience is awful, but it is by no means worse than experience without knowledge. The truth is we all have a theology; sinners and saints alike all have a belief of who God is, what he is like, and so on. Whether our theology is good or not, it is nonetheless theology. Who you believe God is, is the foundation for your spiritual life and will ultimately determine what kind of Christian you will be. I felt for years that God is a good God and that he performed miracles and the cool stuff you hear of him doing, but I also saw him as distant and as a God that withholds. I knew he loved me, but whether or not he liked me was up for debate; tha...

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. Worship is pure, or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.” -A.W. Tozer Do You Know That God Is Good Two words we hear a lot as Christians are theology and doctrine. For the most part, we have a basic understanding of these words and what they mean. These are the definition I found online. I want to break them down in a way that maybe you haven’t heard before and maybe get you to think in a new way. theology | thē-ŏl′ə-jē ...The study of the nature of God and religious truth; a rational inquiry into religious questions. doc·trine | \ ˈdäk-trən \ a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief: DOGMA Catholic doctrine The foundation of the wrong Doctrine is bad Theology. The cure for lousy Theology is a relational experience in the knowledge of God. Having an intellectual understanding and acceptance of God is not going to be enou...

Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty and remind us of our failures, we know that God is much greater and more merciful than our conscience, and he knows everything there is to know about us. My delightfully loved friends, when our hearts don’t condemn us, we have bold freedom to speak face-to-face with God. 1 John 3:20-21 TPT In this passage, we see that God is much greater and more merciful in his thoughts toward us than even our conscience. Often we find that the only thing keeping us from spending time with Jesus is a sense of not be good enough. Our hearts condemn  us, leaving us feeling uninvited and orphaned from the Presence of Abba.  Know that you are accepting into the beloved (Eph 1:6). You are in Christ (Ehp 2:6). You belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to the Father ( Col 3:23). We have been invited into a relational experience with the Father by way of the Son. Christ's death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and enthronement was and is for you. Abba wants a r...