As God's people we learn to live on the basis of walking our Christ identity and hearing God's voice and obeying His word.

"The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works." - John 14:10

Once when we are in harmony with our Christ calling the Holy Spirit begins to reshape our values and desires -- stripping away those that are worthless to advancing His Kingdom.

If we are "in...

Hebrews 4:16 - "Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need. "

The Holy Spirit was sent to convict us of sin, and He will point out our sin.

The remedy is to repent. Repentance is not just turning away from the sin, but it is turning to the Lord. If we only take a half step of turning from the sin, we will fall again.

We must turn to the Lord, fleeing...

We serve a mighty God! We can boldly declare with the apostle Paul, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek" (Romans 1:16). We can be absolutely sure that the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is the power of God to salvation for every single person who believes. The gospel of Christ is the power of God!

The presence of the Holy Spirit, which brings both the...

When people experience Christians preaching the Word without us ALSO BECOMING THE WORD, the Gospel gets reduced to a mere philosophy -- princilples to be argued and words that can be wrangled over.


But when the Word becomes flesh and dwells among them, they find themselves pierced to the heart and convicted in the depths of their very souls.

Hebrews 1:7 - "Who makes....his servants flames of fire."

When the Lord was asked about the signs...

He is involved in each moment of your life. He has carefully mapped out every inch of your journey through this day, even though much of it may feel haphazard. Because the world is in a fallen condition, things always seem to be unraveling around the edges. Expect to find trouble in this day. At the same time, trust that His way is perfect, even in the midst of such messy imperfection.

Stay conscious of Him as you go through this day, remembering your oneness with Christ. Let the...