"If you are serious about reaching the goal, go and sell your possessions, give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me!"_  - Matthew 19:21

The Rich Young Ruler was challenged about his wealth and good deeds as a way to reach heaven.

You are CALLED to be an overcomer in EVERY AREA OF LIFE because it is in your SPIRITUAL DNA.

Until you determine the value of a given thing, you don’t know how to treat it.

If there is anything that characterizes Christmas, it is light, light that has been shown to us in the face of Jesus Christ. Light bespeaks hope and warmth. Jesus, the Light of the World.

The King has come to turn around the course of human existence and to turn over new possibilities for our being and becoming. The Gospel genealogies illustrate that Jesus is not ashamed to be identified with people impacted by human failure.

The truth of the Word of God is greater than the facts of our circumstances. Acknowledge the facts, but realize that God cares and has something to say about it in His Word. Find out how God addresses it in His Word and let the Holy Spirit bring it to life in your heart.

Remember to tell your story, to your generation and the next, that you are not who you used to be.

Fire - distinguishes between the mere instrumentality of the water, and the spiritual element  where the child of the kingdom is baptized

Baptism is a symbol of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. It means we also have died to our old life and have been raised to live a new life with Jesus. 

"Change isn't change until it's change." - Dr. Edwin Louis Cole