There's nothing like taking in some music, and to start this New Year out on Case's Column, I thought it'd be appropriate to bring out a Gospel legend in Ralph Carmichael.

Through the years, he'd made so many solid contributions to the industry and had collaborated with a number of gospel music artists. Not only did he arrange music for a number of groups, but he also wrote some of his own material. One song which he composed, entitled "A Quiet Place", ...

1 Chronicles 14:11 -- "So they went up to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there. Then David said, 'God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a breakthrough of water.' Therefore, they called the name of that place Baal Perazim [meaning Master of Breakthrough]."

Breakthrough is the result that occurs after you have come to understand and implement your Christ identity (by affirming and meditating on the scriptures that show you who you are in Christ through the...

Jesus' Blood overcomes all the enemy's plans. Now declare His righteous stand; decree His Kingdom over all the earthI You have roared, you are roaring, and you will continue to roar! The sound of your roaring is an eternal sound, piercing the heavens and shaking the land. Let His voice alone be what you hear.

Let the reality of the power of the Blood of Jesus bring a shift; you will see the Kingdom Believers that you have discipled into their Christ identity in your midst. The Spirit...

Romans 12:2 - "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will."

You immerse yourself into the ascended life -- living from heaven dwelling in that sense of His presence and living from there.

You embrace the "Christ in You" by affirming and meditating on those scriptures that give understanding of your true...

You may think of fall and winter as seasons to let go and let things die. Much of the world can look barren after the trees have shed and the world gets cold and dark. But a season of shedding for one person can be a season of blossoming for another.

You may have watched those around you bloom and flourish, while you remained hidden and buried. However, it wasn't your season; it was theirs. You may feel like you've missed your moment, like you've been forgotten, or been left behind....