The world is in an identity game. Everyone ought to be aware of how big the image mapping and making industry is. We know that identity is worth several billions of dollars and much more. However, we also know that people are in an all-time high state of doubt and confusion about what their identity is. It is clearly an oxymoron that at a time when the image-making business is bringing in several millions of dollars in revenue, it is at this same time that people are trying to find themselves in what is probably the most alarming identity crises tragedy that the world has ever seen.

Knowing this, you can now understand why scripture is replete with stories after stories that point us to who we are and where we come from. It seems obvious that a clearly defined identity is an enabler of peoples' acceleration and abilities. Little wonder John writes his submissions to us where he lets us into the “Of God” conversation and reality. Identities are shaped when people are clear about what they are made up of. 

Of God! Even the thought of it! The royal overtone that points us to what we should expect and how we should thrive. The weight of the idea! The beauty of the concept! We are of God and we are kings! Royal ribonucleotide flows through our veins. Of God and Kings is pride, victory, elegance, and a showing off of God’s glorious power. 

Join us all Sundays and Wednesdays in November for the Of God and Kings Series. Sit in and learn about your glory-filled identity. You will love every bit of it!

God has made His story of redemption available to us. This story must be believed in its entirety, scope, design, and actualization. There is a rest in the story of redemption, there is a rest that has been made available through the finished work of Jesus. The story of our redemption contains a rest mode. Actually, this story not only contains a rest mode, the story itself in all the fullness of its spectrum speaks and points to God’s rest. We should not enter the story without seeing the rest of redemption. 

We live in a busy, fast-paced culture where everyone seems to be drowning and caving in under the weight of stresses and stressors. We read about things in the news that make our hearts skip a beat, then we know things about our own inadequacies, weaknesses, frailties, and inabilities that never seem to be good enough to cancel out the weight of the pressure being thrown at us. Almost daily, people seem to be hard-pressed on every side, with little or no hope. Well, God did not design you to know yourself outside of the content of His story about you. When your eyes are open to see yourself in the light of His rest, then your heart would not need to skip a beat anymore, no matter what you hear. 

There is a rest in His story that has to be believed, to be experienced, and here, we bring you the story of God’s rest. Join us as we conclude the LIT series with this all-new episode. You will love it!

We have come to know how God rests us- He does it by taking over the running of our world. We also know that He speaks to run our world. Have you tried to imagine the rest and peace you enjoy when a loving Father-God takes over the running of your life? Think about this as a highly elite idea and you wouldn't be wrong. Now isn't this elite concept meant to be reserved for special people? You'd imagine that only a select few should have access to this facility where an amazing and loving God gets to run their world right? 

Well, you are not right to think of God like that. The idea of the rest that God gives is LIT alright but it is inclusive for everyone who believes. God does not reserve His best for a select few. Everyone who believes in Jesus will have the same kind of elite inclusion into God's rest plan! Wow! 

Soon you'll find out that the influence and the spread of His governing ability are endless and you'd be glad that you have been included unconditionally in the execution of His rest idea. 

Join us as we enter into the fourth episode of the LIT series. We are going to camp around the beautiful gaze of the increase of His government. Rest flows as we know His government never ends.

Our world is a very interesting place. It may be unpredictable sometimes, but it is an interesting world that we live in nonetheless. Interesting because sometimes you'd find people who had no plan, still finding a way to stumble into notoriety and success. The only problem with this kind of living is that such people will always be wishing that fortune favors them. Because without a clear plan, all we'd have left is a "wishing." 

When you consider how some people engage their relationship with Jesus, you'd notice that they sometimes engage with the human ideology and tendencies in mind. They come to Jesus without an assurance that He planned out and executed the plan for our redemption with a flawless masterstroke. If Jesus left His redemption plan to the "drift- on today, off tomorrow" kind of uncertainty, then we'd have no assurance. We'd keep waiting for a certain fortune to favor us, even though we have come into redemption. 

How can rest be assured in an unending, drifting redemption plan? How can peace be experienced if we are never assured of a living, loving Prince of Peace? Our rest always comes from an assurance of a Savior who doesn't drift in His plan for us.

Join us as we enter into the third episode of the LIT series. We are yet again taking time to dwell on God's idea to rest and refresh you.

Take a close look at the events going on in the world today and you'd quickly agree that the world is spinning terribly out of control. North America, China, and most of the big economic players are now either terribly slowing down or are now in a full-scale recession. Things are falling apart and no center is holding any longer. Today, we hear of wars and we hear of rumors of wars. Today, the nations of the earth are shaking and the streets are in turmoil. 

Yet amid the "mad spins," we see Jesus calling out to everyone that is weary, broken, wounded, and hurting saying, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." While the world spins madly on, Jesus shows up to reveal the beautiful rest plan that He had designed for us to enjoy. The good news of the gospel includes the ability of the Savior to bring His rest and peace into every single situation that we may face. 

Do not forget the idea that this is a trouble-laden planet. Jesus said that in this world we will have trouble. A more contemporary way of putting it would be that in this world, "things will spin madly on."  Jesus however did not stop there. He went on to say that we should be of good cheer, He has overcome the world!

Light leads our way into the future. Light leads our way into new experiences. Everything rises on the weight of the light that we have come to receive. Life was designed to be lived giving out light and our light shines to the extent that we have received God's rest. Light best shines from a place of rest. God designed our lives to be lived out of the revelation of His rest and ease and we rest by believing. 

Take a moment to reflect on the culture of labor that seems to be prevalent in our world today. Take a moment to reflect on how deeply buried people are in the hustle and bustle of living. It gets as crazy as it can get, then it gets even crazier! All the while, we can trace this craziness to the light that people are doing life with. Think about the panic attacks. Think about the uneasiness that bedevils the souls of many. It is just not fun to live life without the revelation of God's rest! 

It's okay to put a stop to the hustle culture and find the LIT idea that God designed life to be lived by. It's okay to step away from it all and rest in the unfailing commitment of your heavenly Father to rest and refresh you. God spoke things so that by believing them, you can rest. God spoke things so that you can be refreshed! 

We are entering into the LIT series where we would be taking time to dwell on God's idea to rest and refresh you. You will be transformed through the insights from this series and you can be assured it is not a series to miss.

Where is the gauge? Check the mood. People who have been made righteous should be radiant and ruddy. Remember that scripture “They look to Him?” because He is their righteousness and their faces become radiant. His face holds the promise of a bright future for all who would dare to look, behold, gaze, and get fixated on His face. There is an expected mood that should follow everyone who looks to Jesus as their righteousness. There sure is! If you take a look at redemption, you will see that the design concept that triggered the creation of the idea was initiated with an end in mind- the end where people are gleeful, cheerful, joyful, and bright-faced!

Why should our lives not be lived on the bright side? Why should the mood around our lives not be bright and inviting? Where have you been looking? What place has your heart been? What meditations have occupied your soul? Fix the gaze of a man’s heart and you would have fixed the mood that surrounds him- the mood that is the result of hearing that you have been given the gift of righteousness. 

Imagine the idea that God does not blame you? Picture what will happen to a person’s heart if they were told that God does not blame them for anything that has happened in their life. If we decide to do a drawing of your life’s mood board, what will it look like after hearing that God puts no blame on you?

Join us as we reflect on the effects of righteousness on our well-being and living experiences. Explore with us the beauty of living life without any sense of blame.

Tags! Labels! Everyone loves to have some designer name tags on their owned items and we know that there are many solid stories behind a lot of brand names. It is easy to relate with the idea that most brands have name identifications that go a long way in revealing the personality of the owner of the brand. Some brands represent sophistication, while others represent exclusivity. In other words, everyone is aware that this brand is exclusive to a select group of people. A name truly tells many stories. 

What is in that name tag- righteousness that God puts on every believer? What promise does that name hold for everyone who is labeled righteous? It seems as though the spectrum of possibilities attached to the name- righteous is endless and if a person is tagged as righteous, their expectations should be endless as well. This means that whilst what you get called is “the righteous one,” the implication of righteousness transcends being able to stand before God without guilt and condemnation. Righteousness goes into an area of your life and translates into victory in that area. In the same light, it goes into another area and translates into peace. The implications of being tagged “righteous” are multifaceted and as a result, expectations of believers who are righteous should be dynamic in nature. 

In this episode, we will take a look at the implications of the label of righteousness and consider what it translates into. “What’s In a Name” is sure to bless you.

Where is the gauge? Check the mood. People who have been made righteous should be radiant and ruddy. Remember that scripture “They look to Him?” because He is their righteousness and their faces become radiant. His face holds the promise of a bright future for all who would dare to look, behold, gaze, and get fixated on His face. There is an expected mood that should follow everyone who looks to Jesus as their righteousness. There sure is! If you take a look at redemption, you will see that the design concept that triggered the creation of the idea was initiated with an end in mind- the end where people are gleeful, cheerful, joyful, and bright-faced!

Why should our lives not be lived on the bright side? Why should the mood around our lives not be bright and inviting? Where have you been looking? What place has your heart been? What meditations have occupied your soul? Fix the gaze of a man’s heart and you would have fixed the mood that surrounds him- the mood that is the result of hearing that you have been given the gift of righteousness.

Imagine the idea that God does not blame you? Picture what will happen to a person’s heart if they were told that God does not blame them for anything that has happened in their life. If we decide to do a drawing of your life’s mood board, what will it look like after hearing that God puts no blame on you?

Join us as we reflect on the effects of righteousness on our well-being and living experiences. Explore with us the beauty of living life without any sense of blame. Sit in on our all-new episode- Mood board.

The story of how God makes man righteous is the story of everyone who has crossed the line of faith and has intentionally put their faith in Jesus. The outcomes of this righteousness and the benefits therefrom are not exclusively reserved for a few. Instead, these benefits are available to everyone who believes.

The life of the righteous is typified by an assurance of peace with God and an experience of quietness and rest. There is a "design concept" way of identifying a righteous person and there are traits in the design of righteousness that are typical of the one who has placed their faith in Jesus. The idea is that everyone that has crossed the line of faith should expect to see these typical traits in their lives. The idea of this episode is to reveal the typical nature of righteousness and what should happen in the life of the person who has received the righteousness that God gives.

When people know what to expect with an installation, it becomes easier to follow through on what is expected once the installation has taken place. Just as it is typical for planes to fly without having to take permission from gravity, so is it typical for the righteous to flourish like a palm tree, without having to take permission from the environment. You get the point right?

We would love for you to join us for this in-depth exploration of the truths about our righteousness with this all-new episode.