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Giving thanks to the Lord is not something He needs from us to validate His goodness to us. He is good to us,

Those who truly know the blessing and abundance of God and are thankful, position themselves in humility, produce a culture of joy and are propelled into generosity and service toward the world He loves.

As we prepare for an election week in America, it's of generational importance that we take a Biblical stance and that we haven't hit the snooze button on our responsibility as the Body of Christ.

As we pray, engage, and vote...we do so with a calm, unshakable confidence in the Lord.

He is calling us to declare in our cities and nation that we will remain faithful. That we will not be manipulated into being an apathetic Bride. That we will build, we will plant, we will pray, and we will be the Church for such a time as this.

We've got fields to harvest.

We've got a city and a nation that needs the true King, Jesus.

In the world, we work to earn a paycheck, but in the kingdom of God, we don’t work to earn anything. We work because we believe. We work because we believe in who our Father says we are and that He has sent us. We don’t work to earn love. We work to build a kingdom we believe in. We don’t work to enter the kingdom. We are born into it and so we work because we believe in the inheritance we already have.

In the kingdom of God, we work because we believe, but as we work, our faith increases all the more. Working from our faith can break through things that come to steal our faith and will end up increasing our faith even more. Work builds the kingdom, but as we build, it builds our faith.

What if sharing Jesus is not just an outside job, but first and foremost, it's an inside job.

The Bible says, "For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." I believe that when we are truly in love with Jesus, when He's the highest priority of our heart, and we live in intimacy with Him, we can't help but tell others about who He is and what He's done for us.

When we really know Him, we can't help but make Him known! When we are on fire for Jesus on the inside, that fire can't be contained and will spread on the outside.

True evangelism is not an event. It's an intimate relationship with Jesus that we live out and share with everyone we're around!

In John 12, Mary's extravagant offering poured out on Jesus was criticized as a waste by Judas but was called worship by Jesus. He declared in Matthew 26 that "wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

In this teaching and exhortation, we open up the invitation of the Lord to move from being a giver to developing the heart of a giver like our Father who is extravagant in His generosity.

We don't want selfish and lacking. We want generous and abundant. We want the joy of bringing offerings to the feet of Jesus and breaking it open before Him with tears of thanksgiving.

The Hebrew New Year of 5785 and what it means for the church. God is building story upon story and refreshing His people with grace upon grace to possess what He has prepared for us.

Prayer makes a difference! It can alter the outcome of a circumstance or situation you are going through! Prayer is powerful because God has chosen us to partner with Him to see His purposes fulfilled on the earth. We are not just in a relationship with God, we are in a partnership. One of the greatest ways we partner with him is through prayer! A sign of a true prayer warrior is someone who prays when no one else can hear you, someone who prays with expectancy, and someone who prays continually no matter what their previous experience has been.

An Arise prayer team shares words of knowledge for healing followed by a declaration of triumph. We pray, as you listen and receive, that you are blessed, encouraged, and healed in the Name of Jesus.

We are in a crucial time in Church history. There is so much happening in our nation politically and socially that goes against the truth of God's Word, but it is all spiritual! There's a spiritual battle that we as believers should engage in! The battle is not against flesh and blood! We've been fighting the culture of America on such a surface level, on the outside. It's time to lock eyes with the One who has already won the battle and is living inside of us, Jesus! It's time for every Christian and family to evaluate their own heart, align themselves with the Word of God, and from the inside out, go into society to represent and live out the person of Jesus! Most believers want to see God's Kingdom come ON earth, but what if God wants to build His Kingdom IN us first? The real fight is not on the outside. It's on the inside! Are we fully submitted, committed, and aligned with the heart of Jesus and the truth of His Word?

The storm creates confusion to make us believe it has the power to define us. The storm creates opposition to make us believe that it has the power to define our destination. The storm creates chaos to make us believe that it has the power to define our solid ground. But we have an anchor that provides stability and calm even in chaos.

The storm doesn't have the power to define us, define our destination, or define our solid ground. We are anchored in a sure foundation that can strengthen our hope in any situation.