ELEVATED WAY☝️✝️💎📖

the PARABLE of the Prodigal Son is famous for revealing the AMAZING LOVE AND COMPASSION OF GOD for all of us. a parallel of a people who have gone astray and seeked for life away from HOME. only to end up at a dead end. But this parable also reveals and exploits the negative mindset and prideful heart of the elder brother. The one who didn’t have any compassion. the One who was Self righteous. it’s sorta wild how the elder brother that “stayed by his side”, was actually just as lost as the younger brother . the Good news is, GOD still calls both of them “son”. So no matter how we feel, whether feeling guilt in the pigslop, or self righteous sitting with perfect church attendance and “have never done wrong”… there’s mercy for both parties. God is good. take a listen as i relay some of Tim Kellers words and thoughts on this parable of Jesus, in Luke 15.

this morning I just kept picturing GOD like a fire after trekking thru the cold dangerous wilderness. a place to warm ya up if u will… but then i was like wait, He’s more than just the fire to keep ya warm… He’s more like a cabin. with warmth. food. shelter. companionship inside. warm clothes for the journey ahead after ya refuel…. the cabin to protect us from the wilds beasts out there, those wolves and bears of depression and fear and anxiety and whatever else that’s negative that wants to plague us…. GOD is the ultimate place of warmth for soul, peace of mind, and safety of life…. be blessed.

rich in materials? or rich towards God?? i’d rather live check to check or even worse, but be rich in a relationship with God, than have all the money in the world, and be flat broke in my soul, and have no true connection with the Living God. can’t take a penny into that casket, so let’s focus on the spiritual , not the material. let’s focus on the eternal, not just this short lived life … be blessed

“if ya stay ready, ya ain’t gotta get ready”!

a great bar and line from the theologian andy mineo in the song ‘KNOW THATS RIGHT’… (just kidding, he’s not a theologian… he’s actually a christian hip hop artist. that phrase tho is true… the parable of the ten virgins is a reality of the future… that moment is gonna catch a lot of ppl off guard. BUSYNESS and DISTRACTION is a common problem among todays believers. we easily can get sucked into a form of “sleeping/slumbering”, aka focused on the wrong things. let it be far from us! the parables in matthew 24 and 25 are there to keep us in check. keep us in line. sometimes those “scary” verses, passages, can be really good for us, in this life, and for all of eternity …. eternity… eternity…. aka FOREVERRRRRRRRRRR . click play, let it ride. be blessed 💯🙏✝️

this is just a piggyback recording and clarification off the last podcast “don’t forfeit peace”. WHERE you PLACE YOUR FOCUS, will determine your thoughts, your feelings, your future…. so let it not be on the bullcrap, but rather on the LIFE GIVING GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE. be blessed, be well! shalom!

met someone with a ton of anxiety/fear about the state of current world situations. i have some empathy cause i know what anxiety can feel like… but at the same time, we sorta can just be doing it to ourselves by focusing on the wrong things, neglecting GOD, and having our priorities outta whack. GOD has CRAZY peace for us… but if we don’t allow GOD in, n shift our focus to Him, peace will be elusive, and it’ll be sought in forms of alcohol , drugs , and/or xyz, which only comatose…

just finished a 36 hour fast. so i hit on that. also, i just got done reading this Phenomenal book “practicing the Way” by John Mark Comer. i talk just a tiny bit about the book. it was very insightful. i loved Comer’s writing, his humor, and his raw honesty. the dude has incorporated great wisdom thru out time from many people of the faith. i believe His book will help any believer on their journey of faith. it’ll help cultivate a stronger and true genuine relationship with God, and possibly shake off the religiousity that some folks might be living. i hope this recording can bless u in some form or fashion…. but honestly , peep the book !

had recent encounter with a stranger downtown yesterday… which inspired this rant. NEVER judge by the outside appearance… and look for those in need to HELP. Jesus was all about uplifting others no matter their past, ethnicity, gender, financial status…..May we ask GOD to help us replicate that into the world around us ❤️🌎

a St augustine quote started this tangent, which led into a beautiful PROMISE OF GOD, found in the 41st chapter of ISIAH. be blessed

a moment with my baby girl eliza just now, reminded me of How deep GODS FIERCE LOVE is for us all. this moment of deep love and gratitude inspired this random tangent. I once learned an acronym from an old pastor… “TAWG” . TIME ALONE WITH GOD, and how VALUABLE IT IS. i also briefly hit on the idea and importance of finding that solitude , and using that quiet space for Prayer and LISTENING to the Scriptures. also, a quick breakdown of the famous “LORDS PRAYER”. in a busy, distracted, fast paced world … its still important to BE STILL and set your FOCUS on the GIVER OF LIFE AND, the GOD who is LOVE. “be led by still waters, lie down in green pastures…(psalm 23)… the FATHER has everything we need, whether that be peace and strength, hope and healing, comfort , we just need to learn to tap in more often. …. May we give him the time of day so we can receive whatever He has for us….💎❤️📖✝️⏲️⏳⌛️🕰️