Do you remember how you felt when you first fell in love? You wanted to impress that person. You got them gifts that were personal to them or personal to your relationship. You couldn't wait to be in their presence. You were willing to do crazy things if you thought they were in danger, maybe you were protective of your person. Well, God wants that same type of relationship with us! He's happy when we want to spend time with him. He can't wait to impress us and reveal himself to us. When we are comfortable with being uncomfortable in His guidance, He goes crazy on our behalf, and don't play about protecting His sons and daughters! "Repent and do the things you did at first (Rev 2:5)", return to your first love!

How well do you know the Father's voice? How well you hear God is the key to a successful life! The thief's purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy. Jesus' purpose is to give a rich and satisfying life! However, hearing God requires focus

Trying to forget the past is a mistake. Waking up every day and telling yourself "I'm not going to sin" is a mistake. You want to forget you old sin, create steps on how to conquer it. You want to forget about a specific event of your life, focus on the healing or transformative steps you can take for a better result in the future. Focus on what you are entering and not what you are leaving. 

Watchmen Nee speaks of learning the discipline of self-denial with a statement so simple yet profound. "Please remember that neither God nor the brothers and sisters treasure your opinion. I'm afraid that the only one who treasures your opinion in the whole world is yourself. If you think your opinion is the best, that God treasures your opinion and that brothers and sisters honor your ideas, you are living in a dream" (Nee, Authority and Submission, p.112). Wisdom is found in the word of God, in honoring your predecessors, and in the presence of God. The question is...who is in your life, regularly giving you godly wisdom and godly council?

After taking a season to become more like Jesus, let's take a look at some of the gems we've picked up along the way. We've had so much growth in learning how to walk more like Jesus everyday. We've learned (and are still growing in) how to pocket our ego's and step out of our selfish desires to serve others, and shed light in areas that are filled with darkness...shed light in people's lives that are going through anxiety, depression and a host of other things. Opening our eyes to the community around us in need of compassion and truth, and humbling ourselves to offer that compassion and truth filled with grace. 

All of us are unfinished works of art in the Master's hand. His ability to complete the work depends on our willingness to embrace His love in spite of our flaws. 

In many ways the beauty is not in the creation of a thing but in the path the artist has taken in order to get there! Jesus took such a sacrificial and extraordinary path to reconcile us back to God. Despite how many times we mess up, how many mistakes we make, or even how misguided we see or value ourselves, He sees the beautiful truth of who we are...His masterpiece!

A leader has the tremendous responsibility to submit fully and whole heartedly to God, His God governed authority, and to those they lead. This "dance" can seem difficult, but Watchman Nee (pg 18) in Authority and Submission states "Nothing is of our own initiative, everything is responsive, no act is active, everything is passive." Nee clarifies that everything, and I'd propose everyone, should be initiated and called by God...Him and Him alone. Leading this way gives us a proper framework for how power is given and how power should be used. If all power originates with, from and by God then a comprehensive submission to His power and delegated authorities is expected. There is a hidden secret in the biblical understanding of the power of submission. When biblical submission is fully embraced, everything changes for your good and for God's glory!

 A leader has the tremendous responsibility to submit fully and whole heartedly to God, His God governed authority, and to those they lead. This "dance" can seem difficult, but Watchman Nee (pg 18) in Authority and Submission states "Nothing is of our own initiative, everything is responsive, no act is active, everything is passive." Nee clarifies that everything, and I'd propose everyone, should be initiated and called by God...Him and Him alone. Leading this way gives us a proper framework for how power is given and how power should be used. If all power originates with, from and by God then a comprehensive submission to His power and delegated authorities is expected. There is a hidden secret in the biblical understanding of the power of submission. When biblical submission is fully embraced, everything changes for your good and for God's glory! 

Violence. Destruction. Chaos. Calamity. Confusion. Worship of Self. Financial Systems. Crypto Currency. War. Political Upheaval. Demonic Social Constructs. Racism. Classism. Sexism. Wicked Social Economic Structures. Police Brutality. Counterfeit Truths. Blasphemers Who Reject God. Fractured Families. Prison Industrial Complex. Malnourished Communities. The Rise of Powers in the East. Teachers of Lies. Communism. Abject Poverty. 

Our enemy is not a meager man or woman. You see the real enemy is Satan. he is a thief. A murderer. An agent of destruction. He is the father of all lies. Like Mobb Deep said "THERE'S A WAS GOIN IN OUTSIDE NO MAN IS SAFE FROM, YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER..." Part of the challenge of leadership, is where are people leading people. What is the ultimate end goal of your leadership? The goal of all these systems and wickedness is to control your soul!

In order to Lead Like Jesus, with an Attitude like Jesus, the Redifined Servant, Managing The pains and sufferings of others, the GLOW Leader, HER, must Release Her (or his) leadership to SHIFT, POWER... Leadership implies influence, Influence implies authority, Authority implies Power. But what is Power? And, why is it that we all crave it?