Ecclesiastes 3:11 says that God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time … ALSO, He has set eternity in our hearts. You are here at just the right and appropriate time with eternity (Christ) dwelling on the inside. As a believer, eternity is not something way off in our future – it is […]

We are in union with Christ through the new birth and now share in His life within us. The heart of living by our identity is relational – it’s all about Jesus and the new life he has given us. We are joined to the Lord in spirit and that truly changes everything. Sometimes our […]

The life we live in Christ means everything, but the flesh/self will always seek to rob us of that experience.  Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:15-23 that the eyes of our understanding would be enlightened to know 1) The hope of HIS calling 2) HIS glorious inheritance in the saints 3) HIS incomparably great power to […]

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, THE FIRST PART OF THIS MESSAGE WAS NOT RECORDED – WE APOLOGIZE  Jesus prayer in John 17 was “Do not take them out of the world, but keep them from the evil” – we are in the world, but not of the world.This does not mean that Jesus is not relevant […]

Jesus’ desire is that His joy may be made full [complete] in us! Happiness is connected to happenings and is a part of our geography, but joy is connected to Jesus and is a part of our identity. May we live in the joy of the Lord that uplifts our hearts and not according to […]

Colossians 3 says that we have been raised up with Christ and we are to set our mind and affections on things above, not on the things that are on earth. For we have died and our life is hidden with Christ in God … in fact, Christ is our life! To live out of […]

The Lord says that the time is … NOW! Hebrews tells us that He is looking for those that will call it “today”. This doesn’t mean that we can’t reflect on what the Lord has done in the past or have hope for what He will reveal and do in the future, but we can’t […]

Jesus has become the very identity of every believer through the Holy Spirit within us. The Song of Solomon 2:4 says that His banner over me is love! The word banner comes from a word that means to flaunt or be conspicuous. The Lord dwells in us through the Spirit and He has raised his flag […]

2 Corinthians 4:18 says to look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen – one is temporal the other is eternal. So do you want to live out of your geography or live out of your identity? – one is set in the earth and the other […]

Worship is proclaiming what you value – it comes from the ancient word “worthship”. Everything we do is worship – we live based on what we value and put worth in. The heart of true worship is love and a heart overflowing with love is a heart that overflows with worship to the Lord! Don’t […]