Delivering Dunamis

In July of 2016, while sitting on a quiet beach in the Dominican Republic next to my beautiful bride, God gave me a prophetic word...

"Water..."

No further explanation.

That was it.

I spent the entire week of our honeymoon trying to decipher exactly what He was trying to reveal to me.

My natural mind wanted to draw its own conclusions...

But faith kept me seeking for more meaningful answers.

Years later, following deep reflection on a series of divine events including a powerful vision and the birth of my son, the pieces of the puzzle began to fall into place.

I had my answer.

This wasn't just any water that The Lord was referencing.

This was the LIVING WATER.

The Holy Spirit.

God was inviting me to take a drink.

And today, I'd like to encourage you to join me.

Each and every week we will dedicate our Thursday show to taking a deeper dive with the Holy Spirit, God's LIVING WATER - the one TRUE thirst quencher.

I should be broken.

I should be lost.

I should be struggling to carry on.

And yet... PEACE.

In the midst of my greatest tragedy, the unexpected loss of my father, my best friend, my superhero...

God is giving me peace.

And it doesn't make sense.

As Paul states in Philippians 4:7, "the peace of God...transcends all understanding..."

I've been fortunate to know God's Perfect Love.

I've witnessed His Power and Strength.

I've been blessed by His Miracles.

And now, in tragedy, I understand His Peace.

In consuming the Living Water, the Holy Spirit, I have comfort and assurance.

I lack nothing.

I remain full.

And while I will miss my father every day, I know where he is, and I recognize that this is not the end, but rather, only the beginning.

In His Embrace, even death has no sting.

Praise God.

Are you struggling under the weight of a tragedy in your life?

Take a drink of the Living Water...

And know PEACE.

On April 1st, 2021 at around 9:30 AM my father was called home to Jesus.

This is my first recording since his passing.

In my return to the microphone, I wanted to speak a bit about something that my Dad reminded me of many times throughout the years...

He would say that each and every morning we have two choices in how we receive the day...

We can rise with a heart of gratitude and say "Good morning, God!"

Or...

We can groan in the flesh and utter a "Good God, morning..."

The decision that we make with each new dawn has a significant impact on how things will unfold for us throughout the day.

How you start plays a big role in how you ultimately will finish.

My Dad was committed to instilling in me the proper approach.

He knew the value of a foundation of faith and positivity.

How do you begin the new day?

Are you being intentional with your morning?

Are you receiving the gift of life in gratitude?

Does your prayer life need encouragement? If so, this message is for you. One of the greatest obstacles that we encounter with prayer is the feeling of unworthiness that often consumes us when we believe that we have been distant from God. Once we understand His Perfect Love, everything changes. Miracles start to unfold. And the sense of belonging that we feel in His presence warms our hearts. The word "impossible" begins to escape our vocabulary. We recognize that there is nothing that we cannot bring to God and there is nothing that can separate us from His Love. In that understanding, we have the power to go boldly in prayer. And when we deny the urges to restrict God by the limitations of our natural minds, we come into a closer relationship with Him and the words take form through the Power of the Holy Spirit. We get more specific about the desires that the Spirit places in our hearts so that we can Glorify His Mighty Name when He delivers the blessings to our lives. And that gives our testimony greater influence. It draws others nearer to God who are seeking to reveal the power of prayer in their own lives. Do not restrain God. Be specific in your requests. The Lord is eager and willing to bless those whose desires align with the Holy Spirit. God will provide and He will often give you more than what you've envisioned. Be encouraged in your prayer life. Don't be too humble to ask. Go confidently in prayer and trust Him. When your belief turns to knowing, your life will become extraordinary. Just be sure to give Him the Glory always.

When pain turns into purpose, there is great victory. There is no denying that my pain has magnified the power of God's miraculous transformation in my life. We all experience adversity in our lives. And when we listen to the testimonies of others who have overcome similar challenges through faith and faith alone, it inspires us to believe in God's power in our own restoration. God has given me a great ability to endure pain. In a sense, He has given me an appetite for it. I appreciate pain because I recognize what it reveals and what is waiting on the other side of it. When I was reborn in Christ, I concluded that everything in my life had purpose and meaning, including the pain. What could I learn? How could I grow from it? How could I use the pain as springboard in my transformation? In what manner could I utilize the experience gained from my pain to better serve God's Kingdom? I wanted to know. I didn't care to numb the pain. I believed that it was there for a reason. And I didn't want a quick fix. I wanted a lasting solution. I simply trusted that if I continued forward on the path that The Lord illuminated, He would give me the strength to take on ANY obstacles that were presented to me. I became extremely courageous in the POWER of The Lord. And I grew excited about my healing. I was eager to take on the pain. And that passionate pursuit, that process led me to the root. Exactly what I wanted to uncover. It was time to break the cycles of turmoil in my life, otherwise they would continue to repeat. God revealed so much to me through the pain. Traveling through that process with Him led to a great closeness. An amazing, trusted bond. And that bond allowed me to understand the root of my pain, the spiritual imbalance and evil influences that had led me into great captivity through mental illness for decades. Many will say that healing is not that simple. I will respectfully disagree. And this episode will reveal to you why. Do not allow yourself to be discouraged. There is purpose in your pain. Get to the root and you will reveal it.

Are you feeling trapped under the weight of heavy debt burdens? If so, I can relate. I have lived it on an extreme level. In this episode I step into some next level vulnerability, sharing the story of the debt foundation that I established just months after my college graduation. It was a hole that I exacerbated in a radical way through a destructive gambling addiction that I enabled in my efforts to secure additional income to overcome the hole that I found myself in early in my adult life. I made some extraordinarily reckless decisions. And those decisions led to great shame, guilt and further captivity. The devil loved the debt trap that he positioned to take hold of my life. He had me completely ensnared. I was consumed by it. I felt hopeless. When we assume a heavy debt burden, the devil assumes power. Debt can rob us of a lot of focus and time. It can distract us from our purpose. And steer us away from the freedom that we have in Christ. Debt is divisive. It ruins relationships and leads to further emotional torment. It is an ugly weapon of Satan. And it needs to be exposed. Praise the Lord for God's intervention in my life. I fell into the trap and I needed a rescue effort. Please be cautious. You are called to live in freedom. Avoid the pitfalls of debt that I encountered by listening to this message and learning from my experience.

This episode will challenge you to look beyond the boundaries of your natural mind. Think God. Think supernatural power and strength. Think Divine Will. Think miracles. God has blessed my life in so many ways that extend beyond the power of my own imagination. God's Work does not make sense. If it did, we'd be able to assume to credit for it. And it's not we who are deserving of the glory, but God. When we find ourselves in alignment with the Will of The Lord, magical things begin to happen. Do not deny yourself the blessings out of fear and doubt for how you will handle them. Do not allow your mind to turn the blessings into burdens. As God provides the blessings, he will provide the strength to manage them. Supernatural strength. The Lord's Strength is more than enough. Trust it. Deny the resistance of your natural mind. Go to Him for assurance. Ground your spirit on a Higher plane. As you grow in your faith, you will begin to expect God to answer your prayers. You will expect miracles. You will be given more opportunities to proclaim His Victory in all that you do. Stay obedient to the call. And remember, it's not supposed to make sense. If it did, it wouldn't be God and it wouldn't require any faith. It is not natural. Take comfort in that.

How would you live your life if you knew that you could not fail? How would this understanding impact the decisions that you make moving forward? How would you receive each new day and approach "risk" differently if you did so in VICTORY? We are living in an era of deception and chaos. And there is still time left on the clock in this season. But we know how the story ends. God gets the W. With that in mind, as children of God, we can and should embody that victory every day of our lives. Align yourself with His Will and trust this – where He leads, you cannot lose. It does not matter how new, awkward or uncomfortable it may feel to step forward where He calls – if He is signaling you to move and He is lighting the path, rest assured that you will find victory on it. Your success may not always present itself exactly as you would have perceived it in your natural mind. But you can trust that God has your best interest at heart. And you simply cannot fail when you move in His direction. He rewards obedience. And He does so abundantly. If you're looking to disarm doubt and a what-if mindset, this message is for you.

Today's guest is Laura Arnold. Laura and I grew up in the same small town in Pennsylvania. We met several years ago through an introduction made on social media by a mutual friend. From the moment that I connected with Laura, I knew that there was something very special about her. Laura is a healer. She spent 11 years running her own massage practice but was forced to close her business in 2020 as a result of COVID-19. But this will not be the end of her healing journey – there is undoubtedly more to come. Today, we explore the doors that God may be opening in her life. Laura has a powerful backstory. She grew up feeling a bit conflicted in her relationship with God under the weight of the church's influence. A message of condemnation led her to feel inadequate and unworthy of His love. And so like many of us, she drifted away from God and into rebellion. She felt unlovable. She fell into depression. And following a traumatic event in a relationship in her early adulthood, she felt moved to take her own life. She drafted a plan. And on the night when that plan was to be executed, God showed up in a powerful and undeniable way. Laura's story will move you to tears. God's Love is so evident in this testimony. And His redeeming Grace continues to work miracles in her life. Laura's journey is in many ways just beginning as she steps into the full embrace of her loving Creator. She is identifying through Christ areas where her healing techniques can have amazing influence for His Kingdom. She's been actively working with veterans and feels moved to offer healing and explore her mission there further. And I believe that God is going to reveal many open doors for her to expand that work as she steps into her new identity and embraces her value as His beautiful, PERFECT creation. If you are feeling unworthy, if you need to hear a message of God's LOVE and redemption, please tune in to this moving episode. It will inspire you to live in His Victory and explore a servant driven mission in your own life.

Are you feeling unworthy? Inadequate? You are not alone. Many of God's children find themselves denying His fullness in submission to these types of negative emotions. But God's Perfect Love remains. And when we fall at His feet and draw into His embrace, we are truly set free. Redemption. Born again. In your new identity, you will feel moved to share God's work with the world. You will want everyone around you to have the opportunity to know His Love and embody a similar transformation. The devil will try to discourage you from doing this work. He will torment you with lies. He will tell you that you are unqualified. And many in the world may find themselves in agreement. But there is something that you have that no one else does. Something that makes you uniquely equipped to fulfill this role for God's Kingdom. And that is life experience. Your experience aligned with the Strength and Power of God will be used for great works that will Glorify His Name. If you're looking to take on a greater role for The Lord, and you want to feel empowered to step forward in faith, this message is for you. Where are you an expert as a result of your life experience? And how can God use that experience to serve His Kingdom?