John 15:7 - "If you live in me and what I say lives in you, then ask for anything you want, and it will be yours."

The Bible calls us "children of God" and "citizens of the Kingdom." We are God's offspring, a people who have been reconnected to their Source.

Only disciples, those who are committed to their oneness with Christ, will maximize their potential.
A disciple is a learner who is continually affirming and seeing himself...

Ephesians 1:3 - "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,"

One of the most difficult areas of prayer comes when you want to pray for someone, but you don't know just what to pray except, "God bless_______." Actually, that prayer means very little.

Ephesians 1:3 tells us that the Father has already released every blessing to us in heavenly places...

Proverbs 18:21 - "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..."

Job constantly feared that God would punish him and his family because he kept thinking that his sons and sinned against God. He would get up early in the morning to offer burnt sacrifices, saying, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts."

So Job kept confessing the sins of his sons and greatly fearing that something terrible would happen to him and...

Numbers 13:33 - "And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."

How does the devil see you?

Does He see you as a terrifying and mighty warrior of God...or does he see you as a weak target he can prey on. If in your own sight, you're a weak, powerless Christian, the devil will run over you multiple times a day. But when you begin to see yourself as God sees...

It's Scattershooting time again in Texas, not to mention across City-Data-land. Just finish your tailgating and then head over to your nearby computer where we will go here, there, and everywhere in this lively extravaganza on City-Data, where it's great to be alive. If you've got an extra bratwurst still grilling out there, uh, may I kindly have one.....?

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We are only three weeks away from a very big week. Students at college campi all...